Crime
Don’t blame the Bellagio — it could have happened to anyone. The brazen Tuesday morning robbery that netted $1.5 million in gambling chips from one of the Strip’s most luxurious casinos didn’t succeed because of security failures, said Lt. Clint Nichols, who oversees the Metropolitan Police Department’s robbery section.
Champion boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. was arrested on a battery charge just before midnight Thursday at a Strip casino, Las Vegas police said.
A former Walmart assistant manager was arrested earlier this week accused of stealing about $250,000 worth of merchandise from his store and selling the items over the Internet, Henderson police said Thursday.
The Metropolitan Police Department paid $1,000 to settle a civil rights lawsuit filed by a man who claimed a prejudicial photo lineup caused witnesses to identify him as a robber.
A 23-year-old man was sentenced Thursday to 26 years to life in prison for the August 2008 slaying of a man outside the Fort Cheyenne Casino in North Las Vegas.
A murder charge has been dropped against a 53-year-old man arrested Sunday in the death of his roommate, according to Las Vegas police.
One man died after a shooting Wednesday night at a northeast valley Chuck E. Cheese’s pizzeria, Las Vegas police said.
A recent Wall Street Journal poll of leading economists put the probability of the United States going into recession over the next 12 months at 63 percent. Conventional wisdom is that the Federal Reserve Bank will continue raising interest rates to combat stubborn high inflation, thereby slowing the economy and causing gross domestic product to […]
Sean Lucero faces charges of theft and oppression under the color of office. Metro accused him of making ill-gotten cash deposits totaling $37,160.
Residents in a Spring Valley neighborhood shot and killed a man suspected of trying to break into their house, according to Metro.
The Nevada Supreme Court has ordered the dismissal of a sex abuse indictment against Nathan Chasing Horse, while leaving open the possibility of charges being refiled.
Five of the 11 alleged motorcycle gang members recently indicted on racketeering charges appeared in District Court on Wednesday.
