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.
A girl who left her family at a hotel-casino to walk on the Strip was quickly lured into prostitution, according to Las Vegas police.
Police received a 911 call from a neighbor “stating that an individual had murdered his girlfriend with a hammer” at a northwest home, police stated in a report.
Mark Johnson, 23, and Donnesha Ellis, 21, were placed into custody after police were called about a report of a girl forced to remain in a guest room.
A 44-year-old mystery about a woman whose remains were found near the Strip in 1979 has finally ended with her identity confirmed by a Texas company working with the Metropolitan Police Department.
The toddler was in the playground of a Las Vegas day care Nov. 3 when a suspect left behind a gun and she accidentally shot herself.
A memorial service honoring one of two Nevada Highway Patrol troopers killed by a hit-and-run driver on Interstate 15 was held Friday in Henderson.
Two Nevada Highway Patrol troopers were struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver Thursday on northbound Interstate 15 near D Street. The driver was later arrested.
The one-time police employee told police that Robert Hoy, 69, “parked his vehicle directly behind his” and came out of the vehicle carrying a gun in the parking lot of the mall.
Metropolitan Police Department Assistant Sheriff Sasha Larkin said officers showed “great humanity and restraint” during the fatal shooting in the southeast valley at a Tuesday news conference.
The woman was arrested during the final race of the Formula One Las Vegas Grand Prix while carrying allegedly fake VIP passes worth $50,000, police said.
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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.