in brief

hospital services

St. Rose to end obstetrical care at de Lima campus

A long tradition in the Las Vegas Valley -- women giving birth at St. Rose Dominican Hospital, de Lima campus in Henderson -- is coming to an end.

Officials with Rose Dominican announced Friday that beginning May 1 all obstetric and neonatal services that have been offered for decades at the campus off East Lake Mead Parkway and Boulder Highway will be offered at the Siena campus on St. Rose Parkway.

Andy North, a spokesman for the hospitals, said Friday that the decision has "come about due to a continual decline in delivery volumes as well as the deteriorated economic environment."

"Deliveries at the Rose de Lima Campus will be performed on an emergency basis only," North said.

North said it is still unknown how many people will lose their jobs.

He said St. Rose might be able to accommodate some personnel in other areas.

lost in desert

Mother arrested after leaving 1-year-old in car overnight

A mother who left her 1-year-old daughter inside a vehicle for more than 12 hours was arrested Friday.

Diana Ruiz, 20, was booked into the Clark County Detention Center on a felony child neglect charge, police said. The infant is in the custody of Child Protective Services.

According to police, Ruiz was leaving Las Vegas Wednesday night to visit a friend in Sandy Valley when her car became stuck in an embankment on a "dirt shortcut" near state Route 160 and Fort Apache Road.

Ruiz told police she locked her daughter and keys inside the car at about midnight and her cell phone would not work.

She became lost while wandering the desert, could not find her way back to the car, and at dawn on Thursday finally found a residence, the release said.

She told police she met an unknown man at the house who attempted to help her find the vehicle, police said.

After several hours of searching, Ruiz called police Thursday afternoon and officers were dispatched in search and rescue helicopters about 3 p.m. The officers quickly found the vehicle, police said.

The infant was taken to a hospital as a precaution because of minor bruising and dehydration, police said.

north las vegas incident

Police arrest two men
in slaying of clerk at 7-Eleven

Two arrests were made Friday in the slaying of a 7-Eleven clerk during a Wednesday morning robbery.

Jason Miller, 24, was booked into the North Las Vegas Detention Center about 1:40 a.m. on a charge of murder with a deadly weapon, robbery with a deadly weapon and two counts of assault with a deadly weapon, according to North Las Vegas police.

The second suspect, 22-year-old Jerome Bolton, was booked into the detention center about 4 p.m. on a charge of murder with a deadly weapon, robbery with a deadly weapon, burglary with a deadly weapon and conspiracy to commit robbery.

Police said Miller and Bolton entered the 7-Eleven at 2100 E. Cheyenne Ave., near Civic Center Drive, and demanded money from the clerk, Suchinna Revtissamaharamaye.

Revtissamaharamaye gave them money but Miller shot the clerk multiple times, police said. Bolton conspired with Miller to rob the store and acted as the lookout while the robbery and murder took place, police said.

Revtissamaharamaye, a 38-year-old Las Vegas man, was taken to University Medical Center where he was later pronounced dead.

Anyone with information about the crime is urged to call police at 633-9111.

bullhead city case

Man gets 110-year prison sentence in child porn case

The 110-year prison term imposed Friday was the minimum sentence possible for a Bullhead City man convicted of 11 counts of sexual exploitation of a minor for images of child pornography downloaded to his cell phone.

Mohave County Superior Court Judge Lee Jantzen noted that the defense attorney called the legislative sentencing mandates a "sin" while the prosecutor deemed the sanction appropriate. Jantzen said he regretted not having any leeway to consider variables in reaching a just sentence.

The Arizona law that defense attorney Elena Sears called the toughest in the nation required Jantzen to impose consecutive sentences of at least 10 years in prison for each of the images found on Johann Hartman's phone.

Hartman, 50, said he did not download the child pornography and Sears said someone else must have set him up when he lost possession of his phone.

Jantzen, however, said he believed Hartman was responsible for the downloading. Jantzen said the defendant's guilt was evident at trial, solidified by child pornography material found on his home computer.