A man who stole more than $26 million through mining and real estate investment scams was sentenced today to more than six years in federal prison and ordered to pay his victims $23.5 million in restitution.
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Las Vegas police were fired upon as they tried to pull over a reckless driver in the northeast valley Tuesday afternoon. The driver, arrested at 2:59 p.m. after a chase, could face felony charges.
Las Vegas Sands Corp. lost two motions Tuesday to rid itself of a wrongful termination lawsuit filed by the former chief executive of its Macau subsidiary, but a company attorney vehemently denied some of the more incendiary issues raised in the court case.
North Las Vegas voters will elect the city’s first female Municipal Court judge this year. Four women are campaigning for the Department 1 seat, from which Judge Warren VanLandschoot is retiring.
Nevada Secretary of State Ross Miller on Friday formally requested financial documents from former gubernatorial candidate Rory Reid in a probe of potential campaign finance violations.
In a cautionary tale for online daters, a man already in the Clark County Detention Center on an Arizona murder warrant alleging that he killed an ex-girlfriend has been indicted in Las Vegas in the attempted murder of another.
Las Vegas police are investigating a fatal shooting of a man Thursday night in the northeast valley.