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.
Tabatha Tozzi died on April 24, 2023. Police say Tozzi’s then-boyfriend, Oswaldo Natanahel Perez-Sanchez, shot her in the head. He hasn’t yet been caught.
The victim was found dead between a wall and barrier along the Eastern Avenue exit from northbound U.S. Highway 95.
Police said one of the victims was with two men he knew when they got into a dispute.
The police shooting happened in the 1000 block of Center Street, near Warm Springs Road and Lake Mead Parkway, at about 4:30 p.m. Friday.
Vincent Spoto, 65, and Shella Huey, 46, were found shot to death.
Ronald Lee Winborne, 53, died six days after his arrest by the Henderson Police Department.
It occurred around 1:35 p.m. in the 900 block of Doolittle Avenue.
Police say the 30-year-old victim died at University Medical Center after being shot in the back.
The statue, called “In Grace,” was stolen in May from the Girl Scouts of Southern Nevada headquarters in east Las Vegas.
Another 25 animals have been rescued in an alleged animal cruelty case in Pahrump, authorities say, adding to the total of 300 dogs rescued earlier this week.
The upcoming European Parliament elections are set for June 6-9. Over 270 pro-democracy organizations, Nobel laureates and political and civic leaders—including former heads of state and government and EU leaders—have signed an open letter urging newly elected EU leaders to defend democracy. Today, the need for immediate action to defend democracy is not just a […]
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.