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.
Three people were found dead in a suspected murder-suicide at an apartment complex in Henderson, police said.
One person was shot in a parking garage across the street from UNLV’s main campus.
In a six-hour period, a joint law enforcement effort caught 77 red light runners at Green Valley Parkway and the 215 Beltway.
Five people have been arrested in connection with a double homicide committed nearly two years ago.
The Metropolitan Police Department is providing Hyundai owners with an anti-theft technology upgrade to help curb a recent wave of Hyundai vehicle thefts.
A person requested help for a person down on a sidewalk in Spring Valley about 12:40 p.m. Thursday.
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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.