Friends and students are impressed by Dan Sawyer's humility and techniques
Monday, Feb. 18, 2013
Dan Sawyer seizes the man’s wrist, locking his arm at the elbow. He leads him to the ground, and just as the old grand master squats to execute the next step of the move, something rare happens: He loses his balance and falls over. Something is wrong.
One person escaped injury in a fire early Thursday morning that caused $20,000 in damage at a northeast valley home, the Clark County Fire Department reported.
Bruce Williams squinted as he used a high-pressure hose spraying 140-degree water to kill and blast away quagga mussels from under a hulking houseboat. Williams, a vessel inspector at a county lake in Santa Clara, Calif., traveled this week to Lake Mead to take part in a two-day class to learn more about how to stop the spread of the invasive mollusk.
Las Vegas Township Constable John Bonaventura was arrested Tuesday night on a count of driving under the influence after he was stopped in a Constable’s Office vehicle and failed a field sobriety test, the Nevada Highway Patrol reported.
A simmering disagreement between two teenagers over a lost job escalated into last week’s brazen shooting at a Las Vegas Strip parking garage that left three people injured, two of them critically, according to a Metro Police arrest report.
The wife of a senator in the Philippines pleaded guilty in a cash-smuggling scheme and was fined $40,000 and ordered to forfeit another $199,700, U.S. officials announced Monday.
One suspect is in custody but police continue to seek another person in a shooting that injured three people last week at a parking garage just off Las Vegas Strip.
Federal drug charges have been levied against seven people accused of conspiracy to manufacture marijuana, the U.S. Attorney’s Office of the District of Nevada announced Monday.
A suspect in an attempted murder who was shot by Metro Police on Friday died of multiple gunshot wounds in the back, the Clark County Coroner’s Office reported today.
Assemblyman Steven Brooks tried to punch a Metro Police officer and claimed to have grabbed the officer’s gun as they struggled during Brooks’ arrest Sunday on a count of domestic battery, according to a police report. Brooks was subdued with the help of a second officer, according to the report released Monday morning. The report said Brooks had gone to his home in the 6000 block of Turtle River Avenue to get a TV. It was not clear from the report if Brooks had been staying at the house.
A man suspected of setting a fire that displaced 23 people was arrested Sunday on counts of arson and attempted murder, according to the Clark County Fire Department.
Assemblyman Steven Brooks, D-North Las Vegas, was arrested early Sunday after he attacked a family member, Metro Police said. Brooks, 40, was “agitated and refused to obey officers’ commands,” police said.
NV Energy says stolen company uniforms are being used to try to get into houses and rob people. “NV Energy has learned that persons wearing stolen NV Energy uniforms are knocking on doors in the Las Vegas area in an attempt to gain access to homes in order to commit robbery,” the company said in a release.
A man was transported to the hospital in critical condition Wednesday after his girlfriend’s father shot him during an argument in Pahrump, the Nye County Sheriff’s Office reported.
The victim found dead in a Tuesday house fire walked in on a burglary at his home, was attacked and beaten before the house was set ablaze, Metro Police now believe. In a news release Wednesday afternoon, Metro said after the beating, the victim was taken from the home to the garage and the fire was deliberately set.
A man found dead after a 72-year-old man told police he shot at burglars in his house has been identified as Anthony Guerra, 27, the Clark County Coroner’s Office reported.
Two people suffered life-threatening injuries after a shooting was reported early Wednesday at a parking garage off the Las Vegas Strip, Metro Police said. A third person was found nearby with minor injuries, police said.
Henderson residents gathered Tuesday night to protest the construction of a roadway through the District at Green Valley Ranch, only to find the matter had been approved weeks ago. Instead, the issue in question was whether to approve a request to install angled versus parallel parking on the new roadway.
A man found dead with a woman after a report of a shooting at an apartment complex on Sunday has been identified as Donni Cobb, 40, of Las Vegas, the Clark County Coroner’s Office reported.
A man police say killed three family members and a dog died in the hospital Saturday from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, the Clark County Coroner’s Office reported.
One man found dead in backyard, second taken into custody
Monday, Feb. 4, 2013
A 72-year-old man who called police to say his house was being burglarized grabbed a handgun and fired when the intruders tried to enter his bedroom, Metro Police said. One man was found dead in the backyard.
Every once in a while, as he kneads dough in his Henderson bakery, Flemming Pedersen thinks back to his days as a boxer and how he pummeled and punched his way toward respect in pugilistic exploits that crossed continents. Now and then, he remembers when he was young and strong, and sometimes, he dreams of the opportunities he missed.
The ever-bizarre saga of Assemblyman Steven Brooks' legal troubles took another strange turn Friday when police confiscated a sword from him while at a relative's house.
A suspect in the attempted robbery of Huntington’s Jewelry Inc. was arrested after he went to a hospital to seek treatment for multiple gunshot wounds.
A recent sewer overflow has prompted Las Vegas city officials to conduct a series of improvements and repairs at the intersection of Sahara Avenue and Fort Apache Road.
When he fought as a member of the Kurdish guerrilla forces, he kept his Kalashnikov rifle close at all times: when he ate, when he slept. That’s how he survived.
Henderson City Council members voted Tuesday night to support a proposal to the Legislature to raise the sales tax by a quarter-cent to hire new officers.
Police said 3-year-old Emily Kay was not properly restrained when she was killed in a Monday car accident. The seat the Henderson girl was riding in is typically for children around 5 years old and was not designed for her height or weight.