Articles Tagged with Las Vegas

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A pastor in Las Vegas was arrested after he called the police for an unrelated issue, and they reportedly found an AR-15 rifle and fentanyl in his hotel room.

On August 20, a 61-year-old senior pastor at The Bridge Fellowship called the police to report a missing piece of property, which led officers to his hotel room. Upon arrival, the caller let the detectives know that he had a gun stashed in his guitar case, though hotel employees previously informed him about their firearms policy when he reportedly brought a shotgun into his room a few days earlier.

A search of the man’s room uncovered more than just the one firearm he had mentioned. Police found multiple firearms, including an AR-15 rifle with a scope. They also reportedly discovered fentanyl pills. The man allegedly admitted to transporting both the firearms and drugs from North Carolina on a private jet. He said he had flown to Las Vegas to find his missing daughter, whom he believed to be living in the city’s abandoned storm tunnels. He also allegedly told the detectives that he intended to give his daughter the fentanyl pills if he found her.

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A Las Vegas convenience store clerk was recently arrested for allegedly attacking a man with a baseball bat over putting too much cheese on his nachos.

A passerby, while pumping gas, noticed a man lying on the sidewalk covered in blood. The individual asked the store clerk to call 911, but the clerk reportedly refused.

When officers from the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department arrived on the scene, they found the victim with his face covered in blood. The man was disoriented and unable to recall what had happened. He was quickly transported to the hospital by ambulance. Medical professionals reported that the man had sustained life-threatening injuries, including two brain bleeds, multiple skull fractures, and several broken facial bones.

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A Florida man accused of a similar crime nearly a decade ago is facing new charges after he reportedly tried to take a 14-year-old boy he met online to an out-of-state “furry” convention without consent.

At the end of March, a 33-year-old man from Longboat Key, Florida, was reportedly in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He reported that he went there to see his boyfriend, but they did not meet up as planned.

The man went to a local Guitar Center store and reportedly unexpectedly ran into a teenager he had recently been talking to online. According to reports, the 14-year-old decided to accompany the man to Las Vegas so they could attend a furry convention together. According to Wikipedia, “A furry convention (also furry con or fur con) is a formal gathering of members of the furry fandom – people who are interested in the concept of fictional non-human animal characters with human characteristics. These conventions provide a place for fans to meet, exchange ideas, transact business and engage in entertainment and recreation centered on this concept.”

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A Las Vegas man is facing several charges after threatening law enforcement and urinating on an officer’s leg when he was arrested for suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol.

Just after 2:00 AM on February 19, the authorities in Southeast Las Vegas were notified by a woman who said she saw her ex-husband get drunk at a bar. She informed them that he was drunk when he got behind the wheel of his vehicle, and before he drove away, she tried to convince him to stay at her nearby residence for the night.

Officers from the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department located the vehicle when the driver was entering the onramp for the highway, and they initiated a traffic stop. The driver reportedly stopped the car in the middle of the road.

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A man in Nevada accused of torturing and sexually assaulting a woman he allegedly kidnapped reportedly told the police he is not a criminal when he was arrested for the allegations.

On November 16, a woman was rushed to the University Medical Center’s trauma unit in Las Vegas after the Clark County Fire Department found her outside and severely injured.

After she was seen by medical personnel, they reported that she had bruises all over her body, her knees forearm, leg, and a finger were fractured, and she had what appeared to be puncture marks on her legs. Some of her hair was missing, and the doctors believed that it had been burned off.

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Pawn Stars cast member Corey Harrison (aka Big Hoss) is contesting the allegations that he was under the influence while driving in Las Vegas, citing an infected leg as the reason he reportedly failed the roadside sobriety tests.

At the beginning of September, Harrison, who lives in Las Vegas, was in Minnesota filming an episode of the reality TV show. After the taping concluded, he flew back home.

According to reports, Harrison was driving to his residence around 2:00 AM, and police allegedly saw his truck swerve into the bike lane. They performed a traffic stop, and when they talked to him, they thought he seemed like he was drinking. He reportedly said he had one drink on the airplane more than seven hours before he got behind the wheel.

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A man and woman with different accounts of what happened reportedly got into a fight in his Las Vegas hotel room resulting in an arrest and the loss of a piece of a toe.

On the morning of September 4, a 35-year-old man was spending time at a bar when he walked up to a woman and asked her to accompany him back to his room at the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino.

According to the woman, when they arrived at the room, she began to fiddle with the Bluetooth connection on her phone so she could play music. Since it did not work, she said the man gave her his phone so she could try that instead. He was sitting with her when he allegedly became angry because he believed she was going through the personal content on his cell phone.

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A man in Las Vegas was arrested on 17 counts after allegedly driving 90 MPH while under the influence and evading pursuing officers three times with the aid of inclement weather.

Late in the night on August 18, a 20-year-old was driving a purple Dodge Charger in Tulle Springs, and the car was allegedly sans license plates.

An officer from the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department was on patrol in the area, and they were driving an unmarked vehicle. The officer followed the car and spotted several people in a parking lot. The driver of the Charger pulled into the lot and allegedly did a 100-foot burnout.

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When a man in Las Vegas was pulled over for reportedly driving more than double the posted speed limit, the authorities allegedly found a loaded gun and marijuana in his vehicle, in addition to a huge stash of fireworks in his trunk.

Just after 11:00 PM on July 8, an officer from the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department spotted a vehicle allegedly being driven recklessly and reportedly going well over the speed limit. It was reported that the driver also allegedly almost caused several accidents with other cars on the road.

The officer performed a traffic stop, and when they interacted with the driver, they said he showed several intoxication indicators, such as a slow response time.

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A Nevada man is facing charges after allegedly taking part in the theft scam of a casino for over $1 million.

On June 17, someone called the Circa Las Vegas Resort and Casino in downtown Las Vegas at approximately 4:30 AM and said that they were the owner of the establishment. The caller said he needed $320,000 from the casino vault to make a payment for fire safety equipment.

The cage supervisor was told to deposit the funds into a Bitcoin ATM located at a local Terrible’s gas station. A while later, she was instructed to meet someone she was told was a Circa lawyer at an auto parts store and give them $350,000.

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