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 man accused of posing as one of the owners of Circa and swindling the casino out of more than $1 million pleaded guilty to theft this week.
A man suspected in a downtown Las Vegas killing was rebooked Friday in connection with a second killing this year.
The man suspected of killing a woman in her apartment left a bullet cartridge at the scene that was traced to three other shootings, according to police.
The Clark County coroner’s office identified a woman who was fatally shot in her home near Fremont Street and Maryland Parkway.
When he was sentenced in a 2017 murder, the killer was ordered to pay $21,679 in restitution. But the victim’s family has yet to receive any restitution.
The family of a man fatally shot at a downtown Las Vegas nightclub has filed suit against the club, alleging negligence.
The family of a man beaten to death after a car show is urging witnesses to come forward to help prosecute the person charged with murder.
Las Vegas police have released video of a car they suspect was involved in a robbery Saturday night.
Investigators believe the victim, a man in his 50s, “was a known homeless man who frequented the area,” the department said in a statement Thursday.
An 18-year-old man was arrested Wednesday after police said he attacked and sexually assaulted an elderly woman sleeping on a bench in downtown Las Vegas.
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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.