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.
Laura Shipp’s Dodger fandom was a theme at the 50-year-old single mother’s celebration of life Sunday at Westlake Village Inn. The reception room filled with around 300 family members and friends, most dressed in Dodger blue, to remember the Las Vegas woman who was one of the 58 killed Oct. 1 at the Route 91 Harvest festival.
Las Vegas police officer Charleston Hartfield will be laid to rest today.
Sandy Casey was remembered Tuesday by the people who knew her best — family, friends and loved ones — as a compassionate teacher and loyal friend with a sense of humor, a commitment to her calling as a special education teacher, and a personality that lit up any room she entered.
An official bank account has been created for the family of fallen Las Vegas police officer Charleston Hartfield.
More than 100 of those lives gathered Saturday night at Black Rock Park in Santa Clara City, Utah, to celebrate Robinson, a city of Las Vegas employee who was one of the 58 people killed in the Oct. 1 shooting on the Las Vegas Strip.
Seven of the 58 people killed in the Oct. 1 attack were from Riverside County. In the two weeks since the tragedy, many of the victims have been remembered and celebrated here, with some churches putting on multiple services for those touched by the shooting.
Volunteers from Las Vegas and Hawaii brought portions of a 2-mile-long lei at the Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign and two other locations Saturday to honor victims of the Route 91 Harvest festival shootings.
Wooden crosses memorializing each of the 58 people killed during the Route 91 Harvest Festival shooting will be moved to the Clark County Museum on Nov. 12, the county announced Friday.
They road-tripped from Southern California, or jetted from as far as Massachusetts or Canada, bound to see their favorite country musicians play on the Las Vegas Strip.
It was no surprise that on Oct. 1 Erick Silva – a security guard stationed at the front of the stage during the Route 91 Harvest festival — sprang into action when shots began firing into the crowd.
Las Vegas is a special kind of resort city. In the city, you get The Strip (along with the Sphere); on the outside, you get the vast Mojave Desert with its nostalgic attractions. In the past, people visiting Las Vegas would do so with the phrase in mind: “What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas.” […]
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.