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.
Las Vegas police arrested a 43-year-old man in connection with the shooting death of another man outside a central valley bar Saturday morning.
A panel this week recounted the Metropolitan Police Department’s efforts to reform its use of force guidelines over the past several years. The panel discussion took place at a forum Wednesday night at the Mob Museum.
A man was stabbed about 9:30 p.m. Saturday on the 5000 block of Eldora Avenue, near West Sahara Avenue and South Decatur Boulevard, Metropolitan Police Department Lt. Branden Clarkson said.
The Clark County coroner’s office ruled Melody Morgan’s death a suicide, but the family has questions about the circumstances. She died on April 28 at Florence McClure Women’s Correctional Center.
U.S. marshals arrested a Las Vegas man in Chicago in connection with the death of his 10-month-old child, the Metropolitan Police Department announced Friday.
A former Metropolitan Police Department officer previously convicted of abusing his badge for sex admitted involvement in a 1997 sexual encounter and shooting that left a woman dead, according to court documents obtained Friday.
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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.