Must Convicted Criminals or Mafia Members Register with Police?

Are convicted criminals or known Mafia members required to register with the police upon arriving in town or is that a bit of urban legend? Plus your link to the new poll on the coronavirus.

No, it's not an urban legend -- several categories of convicted criminals are obliged to register their presence with Metro on arriving in Las Vegas (although how many actually do so is another matter entirely, of course).

According to the terms of Nevada Revised Statute 179D.210 through 179D.430, anyone convicted as a sex offender must register with local law enforcement within 48 hours of their arrival. The subject must appear between the hours of 8 a.m. and 3 p.m. Monday through Friday (excluding holidays) at Metro's Fingerprint Bureau, located at 5880 Cameron Street. If arrival is on the weekend (Friday afternoon through Sunday) or a legal holiday, a temporary registration may be obtained beginning Friday after 4 p.m. through Sunday midnight from the 1st Floor of City Hall (400 East Stewart).

Others obliged to register include anyone convicted of an offense punishable as a Category A felony in the state of Nevada and persons convicted in the state (or anywhere else) of two or more offenses punishable as felonies under the guidelines of NRS 179C.010. Any change of address for anyone to whom these statutes apply must also be registered within 48 hours at either of the above addresses during the hours listed. There is no charge for these processes.

In terms of your reference to "known Mafia members," obviously any mobster convicted of the offenses outlined above is required to register under the same terms. It sounds like you may also be confusing these rules with the Gaming Control Board's register of Excluded Persons, known as the "Black Book," which contains the names and photographs of known cheats, gangsters, and other undesirable elements who are specifically banned from entering any casino property in the state. To call it a rogue's gallery is an understatement, with names like Joseph Cusumano, Frank Citro, Dominic Spinale, and John Conti definitely falling into the organized-crime bracket. Someone in the Black Book isn't obliged to register with Metro if they're not also a sex offender or convicted felon, but they can and will be forcibly removed from any gambling property that happens to catch them on the premises.

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rokgpsman Mar-18-2020

Non compliance

My guess is very few of the people that these laws apply to report themselves being in town. Unless there is a severe penalty for not doing it why would anyone comply? And who's going to know if the guy from out of town that's playing a slot machine or blackjack is a convicted sex offender? It would take some extensive facial recognition systems all over the city, connected to a huge database of convicted individuals, for this to actually work. That only happens in tv programs and movies - for now.

Deke Castleman Mar-18-2020

This in from Jackie

The only fault in your answer is: Just because there is a Nevada Revised Statute stating the parameters of
a law does not mean that it is AUTOMATICALLY implemented. A JUDGE has to implement the law through a court order given during the actual trial of a person or persons unknown the law could be applied to. Which means that law does not apply to anyone unless a Judge says it does.

I learned that many decades ago while studying the United States Code Chapter 18. Commonly referred to as 18USC. Nevada, as all of the states, may not make any law in disagreement with 18USC.

KRock S Mar-18-2020

Zappos

400 East Stewart is Zappos now, so I guess mobsters can buy shoes & self-report at the same time ;)

cjen Mar-18-2020

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This is a very fluid situation subject to change.  As of now: Winstar, RiverWind, RiverSpirit, Hardrock are closed. Downstream will close tonight. Osage is open.

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