Struggle between officer, suspect in Friday night burglary preceded shooting
Monday, Sept. 16, 2013
Details are emerging about a weekend incident in which a Metro Police officer was shot during a struggle at a Las Vegas plumbing business. Officer Frank Harris was shot in the right thigh with his own handgun.
A 26-year-old woman admitted killing her roommate last week at their southwest Las Vegas apartment, but she said she shot him to keep him from raping her again, according to a Metro Police report.
Enrollment for 2013-’14 in Clark County public schools has surpassed a record 314,000 students, district officials reported today. The updated figure was included in a news release distributed this afternoon.
A 33-year-old man is in custody, accused of several crimes, including threatening his mother with a sword and a semi-automatic handgun, during a dispute Monday in their northwest Las Vegas home.
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Thunderstorms that have inundated parts of the Las Vegas Valley for much of the past week remain in the forecast today, but by the end of the week, sunny skies and dry weather again will be the norm, National Weather Service forecasters say.
Suspicious fires at a pair of office trailers Monday night caused about $100,000 damage, but the cause has not been determined, Clark County Fire Department officials said. Nobody was injured in either incident.
The holiday weekend is getting off to a rainy, humid start in the Las Vegas Valley. The National Weather Service reported about 9:15 a.m. that thunderstorms were moving up the east side of the valley. The storms are expected to continue to develop and spread into the rest of the valley over the next two hours, the NWS said on its Facebook page.
Metro Police say they’ve identified the two men who posed as Mormon missionaries and were involved in a violent residential robbery. One of them, Abraham Austin, 28, was arrested without incident Friday in the 4200 block of East Craig Road, Metro reported in a news release this afternoon.
The driver in a horrific 2012 accident in which a car ran into a Las Vegas bus stop and killed four people has pleaded guilty to charges of drunk driving causing death. Gary Lee Hosey Jr. entered the plea this morning in Clark County District Court. Judge Jennifer Togliatti accepted the plea and set sentencing for 9 a.m. Nov. 1.
A Las Vegas attorney was sentenced Thursday to 41 months in federal prison for hiding money from the IRS, evading income taxes and filing a false tax return.
Henderson Police said detectives found dozens of handguns, shotguns and rifles after obtaining a search warrant to look through the home of Edward J. Scheboth, killed in a shootout Tuesday on Boulder Highway.
Metro Police are asking any additional witnesses to an carjacking Sunday at Strip hotel valet area to come forward. Two men died in the incident. Metro said homicide detectives “are seeking public assistance with any additional witnesses as well as any taxi cabs with video surveillance in the area during the time of the incident.”
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Two people were found dead and two others suffered burns and smoke inhalation in a house fire late Thursday in northwest Las Vegas. Injuries to one of the survivors were life threatening, officials said.
The Moapa Band of Paiutes and the Sierra Club contend oil and groundwater contamination at the site exceeds federal standards for toxic pollutants including arsenic, selenium, and manganese.
Gov. Brian Sandoval’s administration has unveiled plans to greatly expand the beds and staff at the Rawson-Neal Psychiatric Hospital, asking to spend $4 million over two years to upgrade the hospital.
A computer problem at McCarran International Airport caused long lines at ticket counters Thursday morning, but the glitch was resolved by about 11:30 a.m. and check-in had returned to normal, officials said.
A free WiFi network downtown is closer to reality after action today by the Las Vegas City Council. At its meeting this morning, the council approved a contract to allow LV.Net to install equipment on public right of way to create a network for free WiFi in open areas downtown.
The death of a Metro Police officer in the line of duty is relatively rare. And with the death of Metro Police Search and Rescue Officer David Vanbuskirk on Monday, the department suffered its 12th death in the past 50 years, and the first since 2009.
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A 57-year-old Pahrump woman is in jail on multiple counts, including arson and animal abuse, after authorities determined she set her home on fire and killed several dogs during a suicide attempt.
About 11,000 NV Energy customers lost power early Wednesday due to an outage centered near Windmill Parkway and Valle Verde Drive. The outage was caused by a cat that got into a substation and somehow damaged the equipment.
A Clark County District judge who earlier this year was reprimanded by the Nevada Commission on Judicial Discipline will not seek re-election. District Judge Valorie J. Vega announced her decision Monday.
A special assistant to FBI Director Robert Muller who once directed the terrorism investigations in Nevada will return to the FBI’s Las Vegas division as its leader.
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A fire early Thursday caused heavy damage to a vacant house downtown, and while fire officials say the official cause is undetermined neighbors told fire investigators that homeless people were staying in the house.
A thief who targeted wealthy patrons at golf courses across the United States pleaded guilty Monday to federal theft charges in Las Vegas. Jeffrey Cochran, 47, Las Vegas, admitted he stole more than $300,000 in high-end jewelry from people at golf courses in multiple states, including Nevada, and sold it at trade shows, jewelry stores and pawn shops, according to Daniel G. Bogden, U.S. attorney in Nevada.
Cirque du Soleil acrobat Sarah Guyard-Guillot died from multiple blunt force trauma suffered Saturday when she fell approximately 90 feet during a performance of “Ka” at MGM Grand, the Clark County Coroner’s Office announced Tuesday evening.