Former Boulder City constable indicted

The former chief constable for Boulder City was indicted on eight counts, accused of breaking into his ex-girlfriend's home and taking several firearms.

The indictment handed down Wednesday against Larry Markotay charges one count each of burglary with use of a deadly weapon and theft and three counts each of grand larceny with use of a firearm and possession of stolen property.

An arraignment in District Court was scheduled for Jan. 27. Markotay remained free on $10,000 bail.

According to a Boulder City Police Department arrest report, the burglary occurred about 1 a.m. Feb. 14 .

Markotay's ex-girlfriend, Cathleen Winterrowd, had been eating dinner at a restaurant with others and returned home to find four weapons missing from the home.

She called police and reported she thought Markotay had stolen the firearms. Only the guns Markotay had given her were missing, according to the report. A digital camera was also missing. Winterrowd told police Markotay knew she had taken pictures of the guns with the camera, the report said.

According to the report, she told police she had broken up with Markotay months earlier after a four-year relationship. After the breakup, he had become obsessed with her, constantly calling and e-mailing her in attempts to rekindle the romance, she told police.

Police had been called to her home once before in September 2009, when Markotay showed up intoxicated. He was not arrested.

On Feb. 22, Markotay was arrested on a drunken driving charge after crashing his 2003 Ford Crown Victoria into a light pole and fleeing the scene. Traffic investigators found two of the guns reported missing from Markotay's ex-girlfriend's home, the report said.

Markotay lost in the June primary his bid for re-election, garnering 5 percent of the vote.

Contact reporter Francis McCabe at fmccabe@reviewjournal.com or 702-380-1039.