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 who authorities say was shot and killed Saturday by a woman when he broke into her central valley home was a 30-year-old Las Vegas resident.
Police found 33-year-old Oscar Garcia dead on an apartment patio early Dec. 4 at a complex on the 3500 block of Folage Drive.
Terry Louie, 61, died of a gunshot wound to the right thigh on Dec. 18 and his death has been ruled a homicide, the Clark County coroner’s office said.
Alexis Nava was taken into custody Friday by the Criminal Apprehension Team — an FBI-led task force staffed by Metro’s major violators bureau.
A 40-year-old woman stabbed her husband multiple times, Metro homicide Lt. Ray Spencer said. Three young children were present, but uninjured.
Jaime Zuniga, 34, was sentenced to life in prison Wednesday for the murder of Edward Turner during a 2015 robbery.
After speaking to residents in the area, Las Vegas police homicide detectives believe the man was shot at least two hours before his body was found early Wednesday.
A man arrested in November by Metropolitan police is wanted in Texas for the slaying of a convenience store clerk, authorities said.
A 27-year-old Las Vegas man had nearly twice the legal limit of alcohol in his system when he crashed on Thanksgiving and killed a mother of three, a prosecutor says.
Las Vegas police have said that the man suffered head and torso injuries in a “physical altercation” Saturday morning in the parking lot of business on Tropicana Avenue.
Las Vegas is largely defined by its ability to defy expectations, and recent forecasts predicting a decline in its appeal to younger travelers are no exception. Contrary to these gloomy predictions, which suggest that an aging core visitor base might render the city’s 150,000 hotel rooms less appealing to new generations, the reality is strikingly […]
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.