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.
The Metropolitan Police Department is investigating a shooting that injured multiple people Monday near Chaparral High School.
A man arrested in the Jan. 19 shootings of two people in east Las Vegas has a lengthy criminal history in Southern Nevada dating back to 2003, police and court records show.
The fatal shooting of a woman in central Las Vegas Wednesday unfolded as she argued with her boyfriend about a gun and a cellphone, according to a newly released arrest report.
A person was shot inside a popular fitness center in central Las Vegas Friday
Graciela Gomez died at a party on the 200 block of Beesley Drive when someone fired multiple gunshots into the house, striking her in the abdomen.
Las Vegas police believe the man suffered the injury while committing a fatal shooting, but he denied involvement and said the wound was the result of a sewing accident.
Chengyan Wang, critically wounded when he was shot 11 times during an attempted burglary at the ShangHai Taste restaurant, has been transferred to a rehab center.
One person was shot and killed and two Las Vegas police officers were wounded early Monday when gunfire erupted as they were executing a search warrant in an homicide case.
Police say a witness description and surveillance video enabled them to connect the vehicle to one of the two men arrested in connection with 2 homicides on New Year’s Eve.
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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.