Police arrest knife-wielding man at Las Vegas church
A knife-waving man was arrested after he entered a northwest valley church and interrupted a Sunday morning service, Las Vegas police said.
Metropolitan Police Department Lt. Brian Boxler said no one was injured, and that detectives were investigating the incident.
Police were summoned about 11:40 a.m. to Liberty Baptist Church in the 6500 block of West Lake Mead Boulevard near North Rainbow Boulevard, Boxler said.
By the time officers arrived, the man was already outside, having been escorted by church members, Boxler said.
A preliminary investigation determined that the man had been “upset” at a member in the church’s leadership, Boxler said.
Records show that Jonathan Stetor, 37, was booked into the Clark County Detention Center on one felony count of assault with a deadly weapon, and a misdemeanor count of drawing a dangerous weapon in a threatening manner.
He was due in court Monday morning.
Church officials could not immediately be reached for comment.
Additional details were not immediately available.
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