Las Vegas morning update for Wednesday, May 31st
 
Las Vegas morning update for Wednesday, May 31st

1. A woman died Tuesday after she was run over by a semitrailer. A Walgreens-branded semi was turning into a Walgreens parking lot at about 11:45 last night when it ran over the woman, who was either in a chair or a bed roll on the sidewalk. The woman died at Sunrise Hospital shortly after.
2. Las Vegas home sales are continuing to surge. The median sales price of April closings jumped 3.4 percent last year to $336,000. New home closings in Clark County from January to April are up almost 40 percent from the same period last year.
3. And a 26-year-old Henderson woman was arrested on a murder charge in connection with her mother’s death. Police say Carly Kalbfleisch called 911 around 12:20 pm Tuesday to report a domestic violence incident involving her mother. When officers arrived, they found the mother dead inside with multiple unspecified injuries. Kalbfleisch is being held without bail at Henderson detention center.

Parents face murder charge in death of 21-year-old special needs son
 
Parents face murder charge in death of 21-year-old special needs son

Ross and Yolanda Strauss face a murder charge following Brandon Strauss’s death in February. The Clark County coroner says Brandon died from sepsis following severe burns his parents say he suffered in a bath. Elaine Wilson/Las Vegas Review-Journal

Las Vegas morning update for Thursday, May 18th
 
Las Vegas morning update for Thursday, May 18th

1. A Las Vegas police officer used a Taser on a man 7 times before using a chokehold for more than a minute Sunday before his death. According to police, officer Kenneth Lopera believed Tashi Brown was attempting to carjack someone outside of The Venetian when Lopera used a Taser on Brown 7 times, struck him and administered a chokehold before Brown became unresponsive. The driver of the truck says he didn’t feel he was being carjacked and Brown would not have faced any charges had he survived. Officer Lopera is currently on paid leave while Brown’s death is investigated.
2. Henderson police chief Patrick Moers faces an internal investigation after he sent out mailers to local businesses promoting Friends of Henderson Police Department Foundation, which Moers said was the department’s only authorized fundraising group. Henderson Mayor Debra March said she was concerned by the mailer and a spokesman with the police department says the city is reviewing its policies in regards to charitable activities.
3. UFC president Dana White and Conor McGregor have agreed on a deal to fight boxer Floyd Mayweather. White said late Wednesday that UFC and McGregor came to terms on a deal and now they must work on a deal with Mayweather’s team. Terms have yet to be released.
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Las Vegas morning update for Friday, May 12th
 
Las Vegas morning update for Friday, May 12th

1. A former Las Vegas nightclub promoter was acquitted Thursday of kidnapping and sexual assault charges. A 25-year-old woman testified that Frederick Richards took her to his home in Rhodes Ranch after meeting at Hyde nightclub, and that she awoke the next morning with her underwear across the room. Jurors said they felt the state couldn’t prove the woman’s testimony and that it wasn’t an easy decision to acquit Richards.
2. A man was shot and killed at a northwest Las Vegas apartment complex. Police were dispatched to Bloom Apartment Homes on Gowan Road near Tenaya Way at about 6 p.m. Thursday, where they found a man dead inside a car. Police are still investigating.
3. The Raiders are set to name a general contractor for a new Las Vegas stadium. Raiders president Marc Badain said Thursday that a contract has yet to be finalized, but that they’re working with a Minneapolis-based firm Mortensen Construction that is partners with McCarthy Building Companies in Henderson. A timeline released by the Stadium Authority estimates stadium groundbreaking by late December or early January.
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Las Vegas morning update for Thursday, May 11th
 
Las Vegas morning update for Thursday, May 11th

1. James Beach, the suspect in a tourist’s one-punch death, made his first court appearance Wednesday. Beach’s attorney said that there was never an intention to hurt anybody and that the incident was a terrible accident. Beach is being held without bail at Clark County Detention Center.
2. A police report shows a March shooting death in the east Las Vegas Valley was fueled by drugs, sex and jealousy. According to the report, Derrian Stephens was high on meth and with his girlfriend when Eric Flores came to talk with her. Stephens was upset and hit the woman with a fire extinguisher and left. Later, when the woman went with Flores to Stephen’s house to claim her things, an argument ensued and Flores shot Stephens in the neck. Flores was arrested Monday on one count of murder with a deadly weapon.
3. UNLV forward Dwayne Morgan has been suspended after an arrest over the weekend. Morgan was arrested early Saturday on a disorderly conduct charge after a dispute with a cabdriver. UNLV athletics issued a statement saying they are aware of the situation and have suspended Morgan indefinitely.
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Las Vegas Morning Update for Friday, April 28th
 
Las Vegas Morning Update for Friday, April 28th

1. A 2012 attack at a Las Vegas Strip nightclub has resulted in a $160 million jury verdict. According to the lawsuit, David Moradi, a former New York hedge fund manager, sued Marquee nightclub at The Cosmopolitan after security guards shoved Moradi and demanded his ID and credit card. A local neurosurgeon diagnosed with Moradi with a traumatic brain injury following the incident.
2. The father of a missing teen and his girlfriend are both facing murder charges. Police say substantial information led to the arrest of Paul Jones and Latoya Williams-Miley. 13-year-old Aaron Jones went missing in January. Police suspect a decaying body found by the family on Tuesday could be Aaron’s.
3. CCSD trustees pulled controversial employee contract proposals from the agenda on Thursday night, a plan that shows continued tensions between Superintendent Pat Skorkowsky and some board members. The proposal to terminate the contracts of confidential employees after they expire was perceived by some to effectively oust Skorkowsky and his team, and a way to block the district’s mandated reorganization.

Las Vegas Morning Update for Saturday, April 22nd
 
Las Vegas Morning Update for Saturday, April 22nd

1. An American Airlines employee has been suspended after a video posted on Friday showed an altercation where one of the crew members violently took a stroller from a woman, who was carrying her small child. The crew member began hitting the woman with the stroller, just barely missing the child. The incident started over a dispute as to whether the woman could bring her stroller on the flight. American Airlines is investigating the incident.

2. The money has begun rolling in for the Raiders’ planned stadium in Las Vegas with room-tax revenue specifically allocated to pay off stadium construction bonds that are running about 25 percent ahead of projections. Projections calculated by the Southern Nevada Tourism Infrastructure Committee forecasted a monthly revenue of about $3.7 million when it was studied last year. Raiders President Marc Badain on Thursday confirmed that the Raiders took about 23,000 $100 deposits for personal seat license for tickets on the first day they were available, and the total now is over 40,000. Revenue generated by PSLs will be applied toward the Raiders’ $1.15 billion financial contribution for construction of a 65,000-seat domed stadium with an estimated price of $1.9 billion.

3. Federal prosecutors have filed trafficking and coercion charges against a Las Vegas man accused of driving a 15-year-old girl to a fire station for sex. Authorities claim Gino Miller, 23, forced the girl into prostitution just days before the firehouse encounter and acted as her pimp. The 46-year-old fire captain, Richard Loughry, is accused of paying the girl $300 for sex. Loughry is facing eight counts, including statutory sexual seduction, in Las Vegas Justice Court. (Gabriella Benavidez/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Las Vegas Morning Update for Thursday, April 20th
 
Las Vegas Morning Update for Thursday, April 20th

1. Prominent sports bettor David Oancea, known to most as “Vegas Dave” was arraigned in federal court and pleaded not guilty to using other people’s Social Security numbers to open player accounts at area casinos. Oancea was arrested by Metro officers for an outstanding domestic battery warrant after his arraignment. His federal trial is set for June 20th.
2. A criminal complaint against a Las Vegas fire captain states that Richard Loughry paid a 15-year-old girl $300 to have sex with him in a fire station. An online ad said the girl was 22 years old and Loughry exchanged text messages with the girl before she met him at the station. Loughry made his first court appearance this morning.
3. Two Bullhead City officers rescued a pair of brothers early this morning from the Colorado River. The two brothers in their mid-20s were kayaking late at night when the kayaks capsized. The officers removed their gear and jumped in to help the brothers and the Bullhead City Police Department called the men “heroes.”

Questions surround future of Pahranagat Valley football coach
 
Questions surround future of Pahranagat Valley football coach

Coach Ken Higbee was charged on 225 counts, including theft and forgery. His future with the Pahranagat Valley football program and as principal of C.O. Bastian High School is unknown. (Elaine Wilson/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Judge releases man who received jail sentence while lawyer in handcuffs
 
Judge releases man who received jail sentence while lawyer in handcuffs

District Judge Rob Bare released Daniel Fernandez after reviewing Justice of the Peace Conrad Hafen’s handling of the case. Bare noted that Hafen directly addressed the defendant on May 23 while Deputy Public Defender Zohra Bakhtary was handcuffed and silenced.

Lee’s Discount Liquor robbery video
 
Lee’s Discount Liquor robbery video

Surveillance video from an April 20, 2016 robbery and killing at a Lee’s Discount Liquor store. Clerk Matthew Christensen, 24, was fatally shot during the incident.

Murder case against three men to be presented to a grand jury
 
Murder case against three men to be presented to a grand jury

Ray Brown, Lee Murray Sykes and Lee Dominic Sykes, the three men accused of the killing of a Lee’s Discount Liquor cashier during an armed robbery on April 18, 2016, face charges of first-degree murder, burglary and kidnapping. kidnapping

Stolen lion found in desert
 
Stolen lion found in desert

A golden lion statue was found Monday morning, a day after it was stolen from an art installation on Decatur Boulevard.

Former paramedic, life guard and park ranger takes plea deal
 
Former paramedic, life guard and park ranger takes plea deal

Terry Rogaczewski, a former paramedic, life guard, park ranger and security officer, charged with attempting to carjack two vehicles at gunpoint pleaded guilty pursuant to an offer on Monday as part of a plea deal.

Boxer and promoter remain suspended
 
Boxer and promoter remain suspended

Zab Judah and Roy Englebrecht remain suspended by the Nevada Athletic Commission pending a disciplinary after both falsified statements on Judah’s boxing license.

Henderson teen sentenced in stabbing deaths of mother, brother
 
Henderson teen sentenced in stabbing deaths of mother, brother

Adrian Navarro-Canales, who pleaded guilty to one count of first-degree murder and one count of second-degree murder for the slaying of his mother and younger brotherto serve 32-and-a-half to 95 years in prison for the slayings.

Wild police chase ends with two arrests, officer injured
 
Wild police chase ends with two arrests, officer injured

A wild police chase involving a stolen U-Haul truck, with shots fired, through downtown Las Vegas ended at Craig Road and Clayton Street with two suspects being taken into custody and a police officer in the process.