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 man died and two teenage women suffered non-life threatening wounds in a shooting at a northeast valley fast-food restaurant on Thursday evening, police said.
The statue, called “In Grace,” was stolen in May from the Girl Scouts of Southern Nevada headquarters in east Las Vegas.
A 40-year-old man slain outside a CVS pharmacy in central Las Vegas was identified by the Clark County coroner’s office.
During a sentencing hearing on Monday, a judge told Matthew Dunkley that his actions were offensive to herself and others in the legal community.
The 21-year-old North Las Vegas resident died at University Medical Center.
Robert Telles, former Clark County elected official, hired Ryan Helmick to defend him against charges he killed Review-Journal investigative reporter Jeff German.
A judge on Monday declined to dismiss a sexual assault charge against a 16-year-old student accused of attacking an Eldorado High School teacher.
Jail records identified the woman accused of shooting another woman outside an east Las Vegas home Friday.
Former Sierra Vista High School football coach Roy Goodell, 48, was arrested last week after an investigation that had been ongoing since March.
Another 25 animals have been rescued in an alleged animal cruelty case in Pahrump, authorities say, adding to the total of 300 dogs rescued earlier this week.
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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.
