Multiple Illnesses Tied to Las Vegas House With Hazardous Bio Lab

A housecleaner in Las Vegas tipped off police about a possible illegal biological lab inside a house she was hired to clean. Multiple people who spent time inside got sick. Some ended up hospitalized.

The cleaner, who went by the pseudonym "Kelly," alerted authorities to the alleged operation early last month, according to an arrest report filed with the Las Vegas Justice Court after police raided the home over the weekend.

Kelly said she'd been hired by the property manager, Ori Solomon, to clean the house, which was being rented out room by room on websites including Airbnb.

Solomon was arrested over the weekend. He faces state and federal charges, including felony disposal/discharge of hazardous waste in an unauthorized manner and allegedly violating his visa by possessing firearms.

What She Found in the Garage

Kelly told police that back in April 2025, she entered the garage, which was usually locked. Inside she found refrigerators and freezers, glass beakers with reddish liquid, a biological safety cabinet, and what she thought was a centrifuge.

The garage smelled "like a hospital (not like a clean hospital but more of a foul stale stagnant air smell)," according to the report. Then she got sick. Really sick.

Kelly said she and Solomon's handyman both got "deathly ill" after going into the garage. "Approximately five days after entering the garage, she was left with breathing issues, fatigue, 'could not get out of bed,' and muscle aches."

The handyman had the same symptoms and believed entering the garage made them both sick. Solomon's own wife also got sick after going into the garage, Kelly said.

"Kelly said a lot of people who have lived inside the house have gotten sick. One female ended up in the hospital with severe respiratory issues," the report said.

Kelly also noticed something else weird. Dead crickets. Lots of them. In the master bedroom. "Kelly also noted when she was cleaning the house there would be many dead crickets found in the master bedroom," which was "super uncommon as she had lived in Las Vegas for numerous years and never seen anything like that before."

The FBI Got Involved

Police and FBI agents spent Saturday and Sunday removing equipment and materials from the garage. They transported everything to a secure lab on the East Coast for testing. Results haven't been released yet.

Authorities believe the Vegas property "is being used to house the biolab equipment" along with potential viruses and "biological substances."

Kelly told police the refrigerators she saw in the garage "were not medical grade ones but ones you would find in a normal home." The report noted that description matches "the same type of fridge used" in a previous case in Reedley, California.

Officials there said an illegal bio lab was discovered in 2023 in a warehouse that allegedly had unauthorized biological agents, including samples of possible infectious diseases, along with misbranded medical devices and test kits. The alleged operator, a Chinese national, was arrested and remains in federal custody awaiting trial. He's pleaded not guilty.

The Reedley Connection

Here's where it gets even stranger. The report alleges Solomon had "direct knowledge of the biolab being owned and operated by" the Reedley bio lab's operator. The two had been in "constant communication" since the 2023 arrest.

While incarcerated, the Reedley operator had more than 460 calls with Solomon in the past year alone. Solomon "is known to execute the business dealings" for the operator and would transfer funds to the operator's wife and business partner, who'd fled a federal indictment in China.

Kelly told police she believes Solomon is still in contact with the Reedley operator because the federal inmate "calls him every day to check on the residences."

Kelly also allegedly said that if investigators "contacted Ori, he would have the lab moved out of the garage immediately."

Hazardous Chemicals Stored in a Rental Property

Four bottles of hydrochloric acid were found in an "apparently abandoned and open box, stored haphazardly on an open shelf," according to the report.

Hydrochloric acid can "cause substantial permanent injuries to the human body if exposed to the skin, inhaled or ingested." The bottles weren't secure or stored properly to avoid inadvertent exposure or ingestion.

"As a result, the failure to properly dispose of these chemicals imperiled the lives of anyone in or near the garage," the report said. "Moreover, hydrochloric acid is known to be volatile if airborne and can cause respiratory injury if inhaled."

And remember, the house was being used as a short-term rental property with multiple occupants. An elderly male was living "mere yards away from the entry to that garage."

Three people who rented rooms in the house were safely removed and aren't involved in the investigation.

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