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Reports of kidnappings ‘suspicious,’ Las Vegas police say

Las Vegas police are investigating two related kidnappings early Thursday morning near Buffalo Drive and Sahara Avenue. (Max Michor/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Las Vegas police are investigating two related kidnappings early Thursday morning near Buffalo Drive and Sahara Avenue. (Max Michor/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
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By / Las Vegas Review-Journal
June 21, 2018 - 4:37 am
 
Updated June 21, 2018 - 6:46 am

Las Vegas police are ‘suspicious’ of early Thursday morning reports of two related kidnappings.

“This incident is under investigation,” Metropolitan Police Department spokesman Larry Hadfield said. “Detectives have determined the initial information provided to be suspicious.”

Metropolitan Police Department Lt. Dave Sims said that a man and woman reported that they had been kidnapped but escaped at about 3 a.m. Neither were injured.

Contact Max Michor at mmichor@reviewjournal.com or 702-383-0381. Follow @MaxMichor on Twitter. Review-Journal staff writer Blake Apgar contributed to this report.

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