Casinos in Mesquite and Laughlin were hit by similar imposter scams, authorities say.
Brett Clarkson
Assistant City Editor
Email: bclarkson@reviewjournal.com
Phone: 561-324-6421
Brett Clarkson was born and raised in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada and graduated from Humber College's journalism program in 2002. He has lived in various places including Toronto, Los Angeles, South Florida, Northern Virginia, and now, Las Vegas. Before joining the Review-Journal in 2022 he worked at the Niagara Falls Review, Toronto Sun, and South Florida Sun Sentinel, contributing to the Sun Sentinel's coverage of the 2018 Parkland shooting, which earned the paper the Pulitzer Prize Gold Medal For Public Service. He is the father of two children and has a dog named Julio.
The girl and her father were shot near Lone Mountain Road and Fifth Street in North Las Vegas. Two other men were taken into custody.
Jerome Seligman was taken into custody after Henderson police and fire crews responded to the 1000 block of Las Palmas Entrada.
Jorge Portell was arrested in the June 27 killing at an east Las Vegas mobile home park.
A witness said a 7-Eleven employee was killed in the shooting.
A 37-year-old man lost control of his Tao Coolster bike Sunday morning in southwest Las Vegas.
The crash happened on North Hollywood Boulevard in the east Las Vegas Valley.
The Las Vegas Age newspaper informed the city’s thousand or so residents about the sinking of the Titanic.
Officials have yet to determine the causes of a fire at an apartment complex and a building that was under construction.
Circa lost $1.17 million in a con job that saw somebody posing as an owner of the hotel, according to a police report.
A man died after he was shot Sunday night and dropped off at a Las Vegas hospital, the Metropolitan Police Department said.
Omarion Wilson, 17, was fatally shot at a party at the Platinum Hotel at Flamingo and Koval.
Officer Tyler Travers fatally shot Steven Brucker on June 24, Henderson police said.
Officer Jonathan Collingwood shot and wounded a man near Charleston and Lamb boulevards, police said.
Brian Szasz was accused of threatening a Las Vegas woman who would be attending an Illenium concert at Allegiant Stadium.