The FBI said it received more than 18,000 sextortion reports in 2021, with monetary losses to the victims of nearly $14 million.
Ricardo Torres-Cortez
Local Government Reporter
Email: rtorres@reviewjournal.com
Ricardo Torres-Cortez covers the city of Las Vegas and Clark County. He returned to the Review-Journal, where he’d interned, after a five-year stint at the Las Vegas Sun newspaper. A Mexican-born graduate of UNLV, he’s passionate about soccer, video games, books and coffee.
Miles Stano Jr., 28, and Lindsey Bello, 22, were jailed Thursday on counts of murder and child abuse following their son’s April 1 death.
Dash and helicopter cameras captured the moment Nevada Highway Patrol trooper Micah May was struck by a carjacking suspect last summer on Interstate 15 as the trooper was laying down spike strips.
Vandalism at the 22,000-acre park has been a years-long problem, but attention was recently renewed when Save Red Rock, a preservation group, posted photos on Facebook of illegible blue, purple and yellow tagging.
The Metropolitan Police Department announced Sunday that the three-day NFL draft went on without any “major incidents.”
The 13 men, who allegedly solicited sex from the supposed children, were arrested when they showed up for a meet, police said.
The Nevada Highway Patrol responded about 6:30 a.m. to the highway, just south of the Saint Rose exit.
Angelo Loza on Tuesday was indicted on one count each of second-degree murder , sale of a controlled substance, and possession of a controlled substance with the intent to sell, Clark County District Court records show.
A rapper and former reality TV star used his Instagram account to allegedly recruit a sex worker who would work for him, when in reality he had messaged an “undercover” social media profile set up by Las Vegas police
Kevin Barnes, who uses the “Chopper” moniker, was booked Monday into the Clark County Detention Center on one count of sex trafficking of an adult.
A motorist who struck a child on a bike Saturday evening in a south Las Vegas neighborhood was arrested on a DUI charge for the third time.
A grand jury last week indicted Lee Wilson on 12 counts of of attempted murder, two counts of discharging a gun from or within a structure or vehicle and one count of being a felon in possession of a weapon, records show.
Las Vegas police used surveillance footage to help them piece together the investigation.
This week, Protective Force International is deploying most of its 260 officers along the tourist corridor for the upcoming NFL draft.
The shooting stemmed from an longstanding fight between two suspects and another man about “money obtained through covid loans.”