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.
An Alpine Motel Apartments property manager facing involuntary manslaughter charges has been jailed after authorities said she violated a condition of her bail.
A Las Vegas man said he videotaped a large melee on a Las Vegas Strip pedestrian bridge Saturday night in yet another episode of violence on the famed tourist thoroughfare.
An 86-year-old Las Vegas woman has been charged with felony stalking of a woman in a dispute over a vehicle, according to police and court records.
A police fatality fact-finding review took place this morning at the Clark County Government Center.
James Smith was arrested on an open murder charge in connection with the shooting on Oct. 9, after police used his debit card to link him to the crime, according to a Metropolitan Police Department arrest report.
Las Vegas police have arrested a man in connection with an early Monday shooting on the Las Vegas Strip near Planet Hollywood Resort.
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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.
