Two Houston men have been arrested in connection with five incidents in a trending crime police are calling “jugging.” The crime involves suspects stalking victims from banks and businesses who have bank bags or envelopes. Police said the crime is named after the nickname for a bank bag.
Robberies
One man arrested after a robbery at a jewelry store at the Bellagio earlier Saturday appeared in court on Wednesday.
A suspect in Saturday’s jewelry store smash-and-grab on the Strip told police he traveled from Mexico City to Las Vegas because his family was being threatened.
A man was arrested early Saturday morning following a burglary at the Bellagio involving animal masks and smashed glass.
Autumn Jasmine Isaac was arrested on three counts each of armed robbery and conspiracy robbery, as well as counts of burglary and first-degree kidnapping, jail records show.
A 33-year-old man is accused of having a role in an attempted robbery at Silver Sevens Wednesday morning.
Las Vegas police are searching for two men in connection with a Thursday night stabbing and robbery in the central valley.
Las Vegas police are investigating after shots were fired during a burglary to a retail store within the Bellagio early Saturday.
An 18-year-old man was arrested Tuesday in connection with an early Monday morning police chase after a string of armed home improvement store robberies.
Las Vegas police have responded to an incident involving a man armed with a handgun at Silver Sevens Wednesday morning.
Three people suspected of an early March armed robbery of two pedestrians in the northeast valley remain at large, police said.
A robber pulled the trigger on a man but his gun didn’t go off during a robbery in the west-central Las Vegas Valley Monday night, police said.
One of the men allegedly pulled a knife on a security officer at TJ Maxx store on S. Maryland Parkway.
Las Vegas police chased a car occupied by robbery suspects early Monday in the southeast valley, and a motorcyclist acting as a decoy for the car crashed during the chase.
A felon who hit a legal jackpot last year has flushed away his good fortune and landed himself back in prison, 10 months after a case-sinking error by federal prosecutors allowed him to walk free on a string of armed robbery charges.
