Metro, the real Las Vegas police

The “CSI” and The Hangover actor accused of raping a woman and impersonating a police officer is due in Las Vegas court today.

Douglas Brian Irvin Jr. allegedly responded to an ad for a $180 sensual body rub from masseuse Isabella, to come to his Las Vegas hotel room at the Hooters Casino.

Phi Ivey during happier times at the 2010 WSOP

It’s hard to imagine poker pro Phil Ivey without the FullTilt logos.  It’s even harder to imagine the World Series of Poker without a Phil Ivey; but, that’s the way it going to be for the 2011 WSOP.

NBA Star Charles Oakley Files lawsuit against CityCenter’s Aria Hotel

Aria Hotel Casino at CityCenter Las Vegas

Charles Oakley, 6’9″ 245 lb former NBA Knicks power forward, has filed suit for unspecified damages from the Aria Hotel Casino located in MGM Entertainment’s CityCenter on the Las Vegas strip.  The security guards are also named as defendants in the suit that states the May, 2010 altercation left Oakley with severe injuries requiring a trip to a hospital emergency room.

As you’re well aware, we’re a sucker for good celebrity gossip.

This one, by way of TMZ.com, has an A-List celebrity being sued for $20 million by someone for allegedly transmitting a sexually transmitted disease (herpes).

The celeb, who is internationally known, appears on TV and film, and is worth $100 million, is also claimed to have made a sex tape of the encounter in a Las Vegas penthouse suite for posterity.

There’s a bidding war for that tape, with some prices offering as high as $1 million.

Las Vegas Metro Police quickly arrest suspects in Rio Casino stick-up

Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino Las Vegas

Metro Police in Las Vegas sent a strong message to bad guys entertaining the thought of robbing a casino, if you do the crime you’ll do the time and right quickly, too.  Two local men were arrested Thursday and charged with armed robbery resulting from the early Wednesday morning hold-up of the Rio Casino.

The Light Group’s JET Nightclub located in the Mirage Hotel on the Las Vegas strip

A complaint was filed in federal court by a cocktail server previously employed by nightclubs operated by Las Vegas based The Light Group LLC.  The suit alledges the defendants failed to provide the plantiff with a non-hostile work enviroment while promoting use of illegal drugs, dangerous consumption of alcohol and promiscuous sexual contact with customers.

Early morning gamblers play in the Rio Resort Casino in Las Vegas

Early Morning Freeway Shooting Began at Rio Resort Nightclub

Crown Nightclub at the Rio Las Vegas

Las Vegas Metro Police are saying the early Monday morning shooting on I-15 began when a dust-up occurred between possible gang members at the Crown Club located inside the Rio Resort.  The violence continued when both groups left the club and headed north on the Las Vegas Freeway which runs along side the off-strip Rio.

Vince Neil Going to Jail

Vince Neil Going to Jail

Motley Crue frontman, Vince Neil, reportedly will plead guilty to DUI charges when he goes to court January 26 in Las Vegas. He will serve two weeks in jail beginning February 15th and following the slammer time Neil will do another two weeks of house arrest.

The singer was arrested last June after leaving the Tres Rios Cantina, which he owns, at the Las Vegas Hilton. Metro officers pulled over his speeding Lamborghini then tagged him for being just over the Nevada 0.08 blood alcohol legal limit.

Las Vegas Strip Trip VII

Metro PD work the Las Vegas strip

Las Vegas strip hiking Saturday night was dominated by Metro PD presence up and down the famous boulevard. Plenty of the boys (and gals) in the yellow windbreakers emblazoned with the familiar METRO POLICE logo was observed.  They were even checking the card slappers that clog the crowded sidewalks.    A couple were in hand cuffs apparently waiting for transportation to the downtown lockup.