Las Vegas investor and purported billionaire Jay Bloom is accused of taking money from investors to fund a cryptocurrency mining scheme in Arizona that he knew was not viable, according to a recent lawsuit.
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A woman was being held hostage at knife-point by a man when two Metropolitan Police Department officers fired their weapons late Saturday night.
A bill co-sponsored by U.S. Rep. Susie Lee would put the weight of the federal government behind efforts to prosecute criminals taking part in organized retail theft.
Two-year-old Jacoby Robinson Jr. was last seen about 7:45 p.m. Thursday near Lewis Avenue and South 15th Street.
Prosecutors have dropped a slew of felony charges against a former member of a notorious Las Vegas gang, closing a case that has stretched on for more than three years.
A 20-year-old man was acquitted this week of murder and other charges in connection with a fatal shooting in the southwest Las Vegas Valley.
Margaret Rudin, convicted of killing her millionaire husband in one of Las Vegas’ most celebrated trials, should be released from prison in December, Nevada’s parole board announced Monday.
Lawyers for real estate broker Scott Gragson, charged in a DUI crash that left a woman dead and others injured, want his blood alcohol test thrown out.
The lawsuit, filed on Tuesday in District Court, alleges that Maysen Melton tackled the plaintiff around May 2016 and sodomized her against her will.
A Las Vegas tax return preparer has pleaded guilty to multiple tax crimes that caused a tax loss of nearly $3.5 million, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.
“My name was killed when he died,” Albert Rossi said of his son and namesake, Albert “A.J.” Rossi. “I waited 29 years for him, and he was stolen from me.”
The drunken driver who caused a fiery crash last year that killed three Las Vegas teens was convicted Tuesday by a California jury of second-degree murder.
Monday marked the final day of testimony in the murder trial against DUI suspect Bani Duarte. Here are five key moments of the trial.
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A woman was being held hostage at knife-point by a man when two Metropolitan Police Department officers fired their weapons late Saturday night.
Former Clark County Public Administrator Robert Telles, who is accused of killing Review-Journal reporter Jeff German, appeared in court again.
A 15-year-old was fatally shot in the northeast valley during what Las Vegas police described as a “drug transaction.”
The discovery was made about 9:40 p.m. in a neighborhood near Wetlands Park, police said.