Woman arrested after stealing a bus in southwest Las Vegas

By Las Vegas Review-Journal

January 21, 2023 - 1:39 pm

Metropolitan Police Department (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

An RTC Transit bus was stolen by a passenger Saturday morning in the southwest valley.

Officers responded to the area of Durango Drive and Blue Diamond Road after a bus was reported stolen by a passenger, according to the Metropolitan Police Department.

Police located the bus, and after a brief pursuit the female suspect was taken into custody without incident.

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