After giving a favorable plea deal to the alleged ringleader of a series of armed jewelry store robberies, federal prosecutors in Las Vegas are under pressure to reconsider a harsher plea agreement they reached with one of his co-defendants.
Robberies
Police are seeking the public’s help to find five men in connection with a Thursday jewelry store robbery.
A security guard at the Rolex store in the Forum Shops at Caesars Palace was pistol-whipped late Thursday during an armed robbery.
He is described as a light-skinned black or Hispanic man anywhere from 25 to 35 years old. Police said he is about 5 foot, 7 inches tall and weighs about 190 pounds.
A woman arrested for kidnapping a toddler and stealing a car Saturday told police she took the child for its own good.
Las Vegas police are asking for the public’s help in finding a man who they say robbed two business locations Monday morning.
A man robbed a west Las Vegas Dotty’s casino at gunpoint about 1 a.m. Monday, according to Las Vegas police.
Henderson police are looking for a man who robbed a U.S. Bank on Wednesday.
A man was arrested late Tuesday night in connection with a home burglary on Monday night, Henderson police said in a statement.
The murder case against three men accused of storming into a southwest valley Lee’s Discount Liquor armed with handguns and killing a clerk is expected to be presented to a grand jury, prosecutors said Tuesday.
Las Vegas police are looking for two people who robbed an east valley Circle K convenience store in March.
The police officer who shot a carjacking suspect multiple times Friday night has been identified by Las Vegas police as Officer Patrick Sherwood.
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Wright, 31, a felon, was facing more than 100 years in prison if convicted of stealing $1.1 million worth of jewelry in a string of armed robberies in Southern Nevada in 2014, defense lawyers said.
Two people were attacked and robbed at a 7-Eleven near the Stratosphere and one of them may have been sexually assaulted early Friday.