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.
Three people were found dead in a suspected murder-suicide at an apartment complex in Henderson, police said.
One person was shot in a parking garage across the street from UNLV’s main campus.
In a six-hour period, a joint law enforcement effort caught 77 red light runners at Green Valley Parkway and the 215 Beltway.
Las Vegas police say a 17-year-old boy has been arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of another teen in the northwest valley earlier this month.
Five people have been arrested in connection with a double homicide committed nearly two years ago.
A fugitive from Pennsylvania for nearly four years was apprehended by Las Vegas police, according to an Allegheny County Sheriff’s Office Facebook post.
The Metropolitan Police Department is providing Hyundai owners with an anti-theft technology upgrade to help curb a recent wave of Hyundai vehicle thefts.
A person requested help for a person down on a sidewalk in Spring Valley about 12:40 p.m. Thursday.
A multi-agency operation targeting online child sex predators led to 17 arrests recently, including a Clark County prosecutor.
The body of an adult man who had trauma was found in the far west valley on Sunday morning, police report.
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.