Marshal’s chase prompts lockdown at Las Vegas Academy
The Las Vegas Academy was locked down for about an hour Wednesday afternoon as U.S. marshals searched for a wanted man who was thought to have climbed onto the school's roof in an attempt to get away.
Las Vegas police spokeswoman Barbara Morgan said the downtown school, at 315 S. Seventh St., was locked down from 1:58 p.m. until 2:55 p.m.
The marshals were chasing the man, Henry Lee Stuckey, because he was wanted on a probation violation stemming from a 2004 conviction on federal charges related to identity theft, Deputy Marshal Steven Carpenter said.
It was unclear whether Stuckey was ever on the school roof. Morgan said he was arrested less than two hours later by Clark County school police after a resident reported him hiding in bushes in the backyard of a house on 9th Street South. Morgan said she believes he was unarmed.
After the lockdown was lifted, Las Vegas Academy was "doing a controlled release" of students needing to take buses home. The academy is a magnet school that serves students from all over the valley.
Because the delay contributed to a transportation backlog, 827 students from 15 schools may have gotten home an hour or so late, school officials said.
Review-Journal Reporters James Haug and Brian Haynes contributed to this report. Contact reporter Antonio Planas at aplanas@reviewjournal.com or 702-383-4638.
