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.
Three women and a dog were found dead after North Las Vegas police shot and killed an armed man who walked toward officers and ignored their commands.
Roman Ramirez, 51, was booked into the CCDC in connection with the death of Larry Vargas after they fought over a pet, according to police.
A man and a woman shot dead recently knew each other as bartenders at a Dotty’s lounge, according to a relative of one of the victims.
A homeless man who had appeared to be cutting off his left arm was shot and killed by police officers as he advanced at them with a 29-inch sharp object.
Judge Mary Kaye Holthus told a Clark County grand jury that Deobra Redden “literally jumped that defense table and flew before I could even, and just slammed me into the wall,” according to transcripts.
Three motorcyclists injured in a shooting by other motorcycle riders on U.S. Highway 95 in 2022 filed a lawsuit accusing a company of allowing the other riders to hide their bikes prior to the attack.
The names of two Metropolitan Police Department officers who fatally shot a suspect were released Thursday along with more details about the shooting.
The head of anti-human trafficking group In Our Backyard says there is no direct evidence that human trafficking increases in the host city because of the Super Bowl.
A woman filed a federal lawsuit against comedian Bill Cosby, claiming he sexually assaulted when she was a teen in the Elvis Presley suite at the former Las Vegas Hilton in 1986.
A man turned himself in at the county jail a day after a shooting death in the northeast Las Vegas Valley.
Generosity is any act of kindness or support given with no expectation of exchange or return from the recipient(s).
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.