“This crime certainly doesn’t have a zip code,” said Bryan Wachter, senior vice president of Retail Association of Nevada, at Rep. Susie Lee’s press conference on Friday where they discusses organized retail crime.
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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.
Police say a man used an iPad to rob two bank branches on consecutive days last month in the south central Las Vegas Valley.
Former Clark County Public Administrator Robert Telles, who is accused of killing Review-Journal reporter Jeff German, appeared in court again.
Henderson police have arrested four people who are suspected in a shooting at an Olive Garden restaurant and in a shoplifting incident at a grocery store Thursday night.
An advisory commission waded into the intricacies of Nevada’s criminal justice system Wednesday, considering whether more than three dozen crimes listed as Category B felonies should be reduced to lesser offenses.
Las Vegas police have broken up what they think is the largest animal fighting ring in state history, they said Thursday, the day after detectives recovered about 550 hens and roosters from a home in the 4700 block of Stanley Avenue.
A California man has been charged with attempted murder in connection with the nearly fatal beating of a man Saturday at a Strip resort.
A California man with a lengthy criminal history was sentenced Thursday to 30 years in federal prison on sex trafficking charges involving a teenager.
UNLV’s Boyd School of Law is hosting a free “clean slate” event Aug. 27 to help people with criminal histories in Las Vegas, North Las Vegas and Henderson seal their records.
Squatting has roots that trace back to the founding of the United States. Throughout the country, the practice of squatting — back then known as homesteading — was essential to forming the nation. Yet when most people think about modern-day squatters, they think of criminals or crust punk anarchists who are “giving the middle finger” to a capitalist nation. The reality is, the face of squatters has changed since the Great Recession.
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.” […]
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.
The Metropolitan Police Department’s November recruit class graduated from the police academy with the support of a large crowd including family members.