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Cameras on the Strip: Police seek to increase security through surveillance

Now dotting the Strip are 37 recently installed, high-definition cameras that hang about 25 feet off the street that Las Vegas police say will help them better patrol the area that attracted nearly 30 million visitors in 2012.

Police: Man sells knock-offs, faces 13 felonies

A man was arrested after he sold undercover detectives several counterfeit high-fashion clothing items, Henderson police said.

Accountant indicted a second time for tax evasion

A Las Vegas accountant awaiting trial in an alleged multimillion-dollar tax scheme was indicted by a federal grand jury Tuesday with two of his clients in another conspiracy to hide money from the Internal Revenue Service.

Prosecutors drop two most serious charges against accused sovereign citizens

Clark County prosecutors have dropped two of three charges against a man and a woman who Las Vegas police said planned to kidnap, convict and execute a random police officer in their own court of law as part of a domestic terrorist movement.

Body found in desert near Kingman, Ariz.

The Mohave County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the death of a man whose body was discovered in the open desert just north of the Kingman, Ariz., city limits Sunday.

Federal funds help Nevada crime victims

That’s a pot of money the federal government collects from criminal fines then divvies up among the states. The states then get money or services to residents, generally where the crimes occurred.

19-year-old arrested after stabbing near Excalibur

A Las Vegas police gang unit was investigating the cause of a weekend stabbing on a walkway between two Las Vegas Strip casino-hotels that left two people injured, authorities said Monday.

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