Friday’s headlines: Employee shot after altercation outside east Las Vegas market, Las Vegas smoke shop clerk gets probation for fatally shooting boy, 1 dead, 1 injured in North Las Vegas shooting
Raad Sunna, the Las Vegas smoke shop clerk who shot and killed a 13-year-old Fabriccio Patti who had rushed into the store wearing a hoodie was ordered to community service and probation on Thursday.
A beautification project in Henderson is pitting neighbors against one another in a move that critics call a backhanded attempt to create a homeowners association. Robert Herr, the city’s public works director, parks and recreation department, said the project is meant to bring the community together to maintain the landscape in the perimeter of the Meridian Estates near Robindale Road and Pecos Road. The project will replace trees, plant new shrubbery and remove toxic material. It will add grading and install an irrigation system, accent boulders and rock mulch, Herr said. He said the city has “no intention of creating an HOA” in the 166-home neighborhood. The estimated total is $537 per home, and the payment would be divided over two years into semi-annual installments of $134.25. Long-term maintenance is estimated to be approximately $52 per year per home. An additional service fee related to the Neighborhood Improvement District will include a cost of about $36 the first year and $19.27 in subsequent years.
San Francisco Wipes Out Weed Convictions From 1975 The city will retroactively apply California’s new marijuana laws to prior convictions. Misdemeanors and felonies from 1975 will either be reduced or expunged. This means nearly 5,000 marijuana convictions will be reviewed and about 3,000 misdemeanors will be dismissed. The new measure is part of California’s Proposition 64 which legalizes possession and purchase of one ounce of marijuana.
Thursday’s headlines: 6 arrested in connection with Las Vegas crime spree, 2016 settlement case may help regulators in handling Wynn sexual misconduct case. Elaine Wilson/Las Vegas Review-Journal
A Las Vegas police sergeant has confirmed that Oct. 1 gunman Stephen Paddock was dead before any officers breached his Mandalay Bay suite. A document unsealed Tuesday seemed to contradict that, stating that “as SWAT officers breached room 135, they observed Stephen Paddock place a gun to his head and fire one round.” The sergeant who helped author the preliminary report said it became clear as the investigation unfolded that none of the officers saw the gunman shoot himself. Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo reaffirmed those details in a news conference the day the police report was released.
Wednesday’s headlines: Search warrant document names 2nd ‘person of interest’ in Las Vegas shooting, Police think racing to blame for deadly crash in east Las Vegas, Super blue blood moon
Douglas Haig, identified as a person of interest in documents related to the Las Vegas shooting, spoke to reporters Tuesday evening outside his home in Mesa, Arizona. (Madison Miller/Las Vegas Review-Journal Correspondent)
A judge unsealed nearly 300 pages of search warrant records, including one document that publicly identified an additional “person of interest” in the Oct. 1 massacre on the Las Vegas Strip. “Until the investigation can rule otherwise, Marilou Danley and Douglas Haig have become persons of interest who may have conspired with Stephen Paddock to commit Murder with a Deadly Weapon,” according to the Metropolitan Police Department document Danley was Paddock’s girlfriend and initially was named as a person of interest in the investigation. Authorities later said they do not expect her to face charges. Haig, whose name had not been previously released, spoke to reporters Tuesday evening outside his home in Mesa, Arizona, and confirmed that he has been contacted by investigators. “I’m the guy that sold ammunition to Stephen Paddock,” Haig said. He said he met with Paddock, the gunman behind the mass shooting, once but did not know him. He declined to answer additional questions.
Document shows police ID’d 2nd ‘person of interest’ in days after Las Vegas shooting. Elaine Wilson/Las Vegas Review-Journal
A man who allegedly tried to use a counterfeit bill at the Aria was hospitalized after he jumped off an overpass trying to escape police. About 2 a.m. Tuesday, security at the Aria flagged down police. When police tried to talk to him, the man fled and led police on a foot chase, according to Lt. David Gordon. The chase ended at the Harmon Avenue overpass above Interstate 15, when the man jumped off the side and landed in the rocky landscaping below. The man was taken to the hospital for evaluation.
Tuesday’s headlines: man accused of using counterfeit bill jumps off overpass, middle school teacher arrested on child sex charges, parking rates to increase at nearly a dozen Strip properties. Elaine Wilson/Las Vegas Review-Journal
Roughly 20,000 ice age fossils that were excavated from Las Vegas’ own Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument and surrounding areas in Nevada, but have been stored in California museums for the past 20 years, finally came home to the Las Vegas Natural History Museum.
Clark County firefighters responded Monday night to a vacant house fire at 3687 Lanai Ave. Neighbors said the people living there had moved out recently, but had been cleaning the house over the weekend. Neighbors watched as firefighters quickly doused flames coming from inside a car port. One grateful neighbor thanked firefighters with cookies. The cause of the fire is being investigated.
Two groups say they conducted their own survey of Clark County residents and found that the majority of them believe the district should enforce current bullying laws rather than create a new policy. (Amelia Pak-Harvey/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Junior Occhipinti is one of the victims of a flu season that has caused 16 deaths in Clark County so far, compared with five last year, according to Southern Nevada Health District data released Friday. Officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday the 2017-18 flu season is poised to be the worst since the 2009 H1N1 pandemic.
A public task force has been created and will be led by Caleb Cage, chief of the Nevada Division of Emergency Management, to improve the state’s oversight of casino emergency response plans.
A math teacher at West Career and Technical Academy in Las Vegas has been arrested on child sex charges. Renee Rine, 36, was booked Friday into the Clark County Detention Center. She is being held without bail. She also faces charges of first-degree attempted kidnapping and contact with a minor or mentally-ill person. Rine is the ninth school district employee arrested during the current school year.
“I just think its really sad, but people aren’t guilty of anything, until, in fact, you have the actual information,” Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman said about Steve Wynn. Read more at reviewjournal.com. Nicole Raz Las Vegas Review-Journal
Monday’s headlines: Moapa gas station clerk shot, 2 fatal shootings in Las Vegas overnight, fallout continues over Steve Wynn sexual misconduct allegations. Elaine Wilson/Las Vegas Review-Journal
Las Vegas police are investigating a deadly shooting Monday morning in central Las Vegas. A man was found dead after 3 a.m. outside the Rancho Discount Mall at 2901 W. Washington Ave. The man had been shot once. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Police have blocked off the parking lot in front of the store while detectives investigate. At 5 a.m., the man’s body was still on scene, laying on the walkway near a shopping cart and a pile of blankets.
Las Vegas police are investigating a fatal shooting Monday morning on the 4200 block of Calimesa Street.
An adult man was found in front of a house with multiple gunshot wounds. He was taken to a hospital where he died, according to Metropolitan Police Lt. David Gordon.
Homicide detectives also are investigating another deadly shooting that occurred a short time after the Calimesa Street shooting. A person was killed at 2901 W. Washington Ave.
1. Steve Wynn resigned as Republican National Committee finance chairman yesterday amid allegations of sexual misconduct. The same day, a former Nevada Gaming Commission member was chosen to head a special committee to investigate the claims that span over three decades. Wynn has denied all claims, calling them a smear campaign orchestrated by his ex-wife.
2. Police say an east Las Vegas man was working on his truck last night when someone walked up to him and started shooting. It happened on the 1200 block of Lamb Boulevard, and his 10-year-old son found him. The family didn’t know he had been shot until medical responders arrived and discovered his gunshot wounds. Police say he died about 20 minutes later. Anyone with information can call Crime Stoppers at 702-385-5555.
3. Five people suffered minor injuries yesterday when an Australian aircraft caught fire at Nellis Air Force Base. Officials say the plane never made it off the ground before it caught fire. The incident happened during an air-to-air combat training exercise.
Two slates of candidates have formed in the CCEA elections, plus two individual candidates running alone. By Amelia Pak-Harvey
Man shoots wife and 15-year-old stepdaughter in Las Vegas
1. Steve Wynn is facing several sexual misconduct claims spanning over three decades, and now a national organization is calling for the Wynn Resorts Chairman and CEO to be removed from the company. Wynn denies the allegations first reported yesterday by the Wall Street Journal, calling them a smear campaign orchestrated by his ex-wife. He’s accused of demanding sex from and assaulting several of his resort employees. The Massachusetts Gaming Commission will investigate the allegations.
2. Rancher Cliven Bundy is suing the State of Nevada and Clark County. He was recently cleared of federal charges and freed from jail after nearly two years. The lawsuit filed Thursday claims former President Barack Obama’s 2016 establishment of the Gold Butte National Monument was illegal and would make it impossible to function on his land. His lawsuit seeks a declaration that public lands in the state are owned by the residents.
3. Court documents obtained by the Review-Journal Friday show former Las Vegas cop Arthur Sewall admitted involvement in the sexual assault and murder of a 20-year-old woman in 1997. He spoke with Metropolitan Police Department detectives early January just before his arrest in connection with the cold case. In the interview detailed in his arrest warrant, Sewall tells police he had sex with Nadia Iverson for money, but couldn’t explain why his gun was pointed at her. Iverson’s body was found on May 8, 1997.
Las Vegas morning update for Saturday, January 27th — VIDEO
Car arson demonstration and training seminar at the Clark County Fire Academy in Las Vegas, Friday, January 26, 2018. Richard Brian Las Vegas Review-Journal @vegasphotograph
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke joined volunteers and Bureau of Land Management employees in cleaning up a shooting range area on public land along Las Vegas Boulevard just south of Sloan on Friday, Jan. 26, 2018.
Elaine Wilson talks to Jessie Bekker about how a miscommunication on the night of the shooting led to patients being diverted from University Medical Center.