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Police Search for Suspect in Bank Robbery

Police Search for Suspect in Bank Robbery

 

Metro Police are searching for a man who robbed a bank near Charleston Boulevard and Rancho Drive Thursday.

According to police, the suspect walked into the bank just before 4 p.m., armed with a handgun. The suspect walked directly to the teller windows and demanded money. Two tellers gave the suspect money and he ran from the bank.

The suspect is described as a white man in his 50s. He is 5-foot-8 and 200 pounds. At the time of the robbery, he was wearing a green polo shirt and khaki shorts.

Anyone with information about robber is asked to call Metro Police’s Robbery Section at 828-3591, or to remain anonymous, call Crime Stoppers at 385-5555. 

Police Search for Suspect in Bank Robbery

Police Search for Suspect in Bank Robbery

Metro Police are searching for a man they say robbed a bank in the area of Las Vegas Boulevard and Fremont Street.

The crime happened Tuesday, August 7 just before 4 p.m.

Police say the suspect gave the teller a note demanding money. The teller gave the suspect money, and the man left the bank.

The suspect is described as a white man between 50 and 70 years old. He is 5-foot-8 to 5-foot-10 and between 160 and 170 pounds. He has a full blond or gray beard that reaches to the middle of his chest. At the time of the robbery, he was wearing a tan hat, dark shirt and light-colored pants.

Anyone with information about the suspect or the robbery is asked to call Metro Police at 828-3591, or to remain anonymous, call Crime Stoppers at 385-5555.  

Las Vegas Man Accused of Kidnapping, Raping 13-year-old neighbor

Las Vegas Man Accused of Kidnapping, Raping 13-year-old neighbor

Metro Police say the suspect kidnapped the girl from the apartment complex laundry room.

A 24-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of kidnapping a 13-year-old girl at gunpoint and raping her before she escaped his apartment several hours later.

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Defendant Gets Court Date in Lounge Slaying

 

LAS VEGAS (AP) -- A court date is set for a Henderson man accused of chasing and fatally shooting a 43-year-old Las Vegas man after fistfight outside a West Las Vegas neighborhood bar.

Court records show that 46-year-old Brenton Earl Smith is due for arraignment Wednesday before a Las Vegas judge in the early July 22 slaying of Oliver Hooker outside the Seven Seas Lounge near Lake Mead Boulevard and H Street.

Witnesses including a bar security guard told police that Hooker punched Smith in the face before Smith pulled a gun Hooker and allegedly fired 12 shots as Hooker tried to flee.

Hooker collapsed with a leg wound in a storefront church parking lot, and died later at University Medical Center in Las Vegas.

Police arrested Smith and seized a weapon from him.

Las Vegas Police, Residents Unite to Make Public Housing Safer

Las Vegas Police, Residents Unite to Make Public Housing Safer

An area once ruled by gangs becomes safer thanks to efforts from neighbors and police officers.

As the summer sun sets over Sherman Gardens Annex, the children go right on playing. They race each other on bicycles through the West Las Vegas public housing complex, play hide-and-seek behind its concrete block apartments, kick their legs on the swings.

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Police Release Video in Hopes of Finding a Killer

Metro Police have released surveillance video in hopes of finding the person who murdered a Las Vegas man in June.

Louis James Kim was found near Sahara Avenue and Las Vegas Boulevard just before 8:30 p.m. June 21. He had been stabbed. He died at University Medical Center later that night.

Video surveillance images show Kim walking eastbound along Baltimore Avenue. In the video, the suspect is seen stepping out of an alleyway and heading southbound. The suspect passes a few feet in front of Kim. He then turns back and attacks him.

The suspect did not rob Kim. Police believe the attack may have been random.

The suspect was wearing a dark colored hoodie and black shorts with a light colored stripe on the leg. He was last seen walking in the alleyway that runs north and south across from the 7-Eleven at 200 E. Boston Avenue.

"Mustache Bandit" Sought by Metro Police

A man identified by Metro Police as the "Mustache Bandit" for his facial hair seen in one robbery is wanted in connection with a number of incidents.

Police released a video and photographs Thursday of the man and said he is considered a "very active armed robbery" suspect. The video shows the man in the act of robbing a store, forcing customers to stand still while he demands cash from the register.

Police said the robberies started in April, with his latest hit on June 18. He is described as a white man, 35 to 45 years old, between 5 feet, 10 inches and 6 feet, 2 inches tall and weighing between 200 and 220 pounds.

The robber has been seen getting into the passenger side of a white pickup truck. The get-away driver is also described as a white man.