IN BRIEF

NORTH PARKING LOT

Man held in stabbing death at Tropicana

Las Vegas police on Friday arrested an 18-year-old man in the stabbing death of a man at the Tropicana.

Police pulled over Tanner Rousseau in a car near the Strip resort after they found the victim suffering from multiple stab wounds in the north parking lot at 4:12 a.m.

The victim was taken to University Medical Center, where he died.

Rousseau was taken to the Clark County jail on a charge of murder with a deadly weapon.

GAMBLING IN A BAR

Boys left in car leads to father's arrest

A father was arrested Friday afternoon on charges he left his two young boys inside a sport utility vehicle while he gambled in a nearby bar for two hours.

Willie Culvert, 35, was charged with two counts of child endangerment.

Police said Culvert left his 3-month-old and 2-year-old boys belted in their car seats with the windows down, keys in the ignition and the radio on.

He was in a nearby bar at Twain Avenue and Rainbow Boulevard when police were called at 12:30 p.m.

BONANZA AND MAIN

Bicyclist killed in crash with car identified

The bicyclist who died after he veered into traffic on Main Street at Bonanza Road on May 2 has been identified as 50-year-old Earl Milton of Las Vegas.

Las Vegas police said Milton was riding north on Main on a mountain bike when he crossed into traffic and into the path of a car heading south at 12:25 p.m.

The driver of the car, 25-year-old Sandra Gonzalez-Sandoval of South Gate, Calif., had a green signal and was unable to stop, police said.