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.
For the second time, a jury has found Thomas Randolph guilty of orchestrating the killing of his sixth wife and the handyman he hired to kill her.
The street food vendor arrested by the Metropolitan Police Department and later detained by Immigration Customs and Enforcement will be released from the Nye County Detention Center on Thursday.
Doctors told police the 82-year-old woman was “extremely dehydrated,” had poor kidney function and weighed 69 pounds when she arrived at the hospital.
George Bone faces a murder charge in the death of his roommate in a case where police say he lived with her body for more than two months.
A woman was arrested after police said she ran over two teenagers following a large parking lot fight.
The former nurse, who served during World War II, says she was injured during a paratransit ride after warning the driver that her wheelchair wasn’t secure.
David Boruchowitz allegedly turned off his body camera while speaking with a suicidal man who eventually killed himself.
Police said the man shot in the northwest valley was threatening to kill his sister with a kitchen knife while barricaded in a bathroom.
The suspects in the February shooting death of a man in a west Las Vegas apartment were awaiting extradition, according to police.
Police say the 62-year-old suspect had barricaded himself near Interstate 215 and Pecos Road and was later detained.
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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.
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.