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 judge unsealed hundreds of documents and an assemblage of videos from a contentious custody battle linked to a shooting that left three dead.
Deobra Redden was indicted earlier this month on charges including attempted murder and an unlawful act regarding bodily fluids.
Jesus Ayala’s public defender had filed a petition seeking the dismissal of an indictment charging Ayala with murder in the death of 66-year-old Andreas Probst.
Robert Telles, who is accused of killing Review-Journal reporter Jeff German, has requested evidence he says will show he was the victim of police misconduct.
Duane “Keffe D” Davis appeared in court on Thursday, two weeks after his arraignment was continued following his arrest in connection with the fatal shooting of Tupac Shakur.
Prosecutors have dropped all charges against a man accused of fatally shooting his cousin in a Summerlin restaurant in 2021.
The Review-Journal objected to a closed-door hearing between prosecutors and Robert Telles to disclose discovery information because it was unclear if the file contained newsgathering materials from slain reporter Jeff German.
A Pahrump jury has sentenced a man for his role in torture and death of a 27-year-old man in the Nye County desert nearly two years ago.
A man was sentenced to between four and 10 years in prison on Wednesday for giving a 17-year-old Las Vegas girl the pill that led to her fatal overdose.
To avoid the death penalty, a man who pleaded guilty to killing his missing girlfriend revealed the location of her body to officials on Wednesday, his attorney said.
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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.