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 suspect is in custody in a deadly shooting this past weekend in the northwest Las Vegas Valley.
DeAjai Guaydacan was arrested in Spanish Fork, Utah, and booked into the local county jail on suspicion of open murder pending extradition to Las Vegas.
The duo stole several items and “then displayed a firearm to enable their escape with the merchandise,” according to the release.
Anyone with information can contract Metro’s Bolden Area Command at 702-828-3347.
Police said the suspect was taken into custody around 2 p.m. after a domestic violence barricade situation in the 3900 block of Cambridge Street near East Katie Avenue.
The juvenile who was arrested Friday was not a student at the school, according to the principal.
A man yet to be identified was stabbed and died Tuesday near Owens Avenue and Stocker Street, police said.
A woman was arrested after police said she ran over two teenagers following a large parking lot fight.
The former nurse, who served during World War II, says she was injured during a paratransit ride after warning the driver that her wheelchair wasn’t secure.
The suspects in the February shooting death of a man in a west Las Vegas apartment were awaiting extradition, according to police.
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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.