IN BRIEF
CAUSE INVESTIGATED
41-year-old man found dead in apartment ID'd
A 41-year-old man found dead at his apartment Sunday following a confrontation the previous day was identified Thursday as Eliseo Garcia of Las Vegas.
The cause of death has not been determined.
Las Vegas police found Garcia about 8:30 a.m. Sunday in an apartment at the 4700 block of Deckow Lane, near Tropicana Avenue and Koval Lane. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Police said the man attended a party Saturday at the complex where he was involved in a confrontation.
HUALAPAI RESERVATION
Arizona man faces charges in slaying
A Peach Springs, Ariz., man faces charges of first-degree murder, two counts of assault and one count of aggravated sexual abuse in connection with a homicide and a rape that happened Nov. 11 on the Hualapai Indian Reservation in Northern Arizona, federal authorities said.
Jonathon Bennie Yazzie Jr., 20, is accused of killing his cousin, Owen Walema Sr., 47, by striking him in the head with a wood-splitting maul, said Wyn Hornbuckle, spokesman for the U.S. attorney's office for Arizona. According to Hornbuckle, the incident took place in the Peach Springs home of Yazzie's mother, about 50 miles northeast of Kingman.
"The indictment also alleges that following the murder, Yazzie went into the bedroom and sexually assaulted an adult female, 31," Hornbuckle said in a news release. Additional details or possible motives were not disclosed.
Yazzie, who is being held in federal detention in Flagstaff, will be transported to Phoenix for arraignment.
PETS RESCUED
Valley home damaged in kitchen blaze
A late-night kitchen fire caused more than $750,000 in damage to a Las Vegas home Wednesday.
A resident said she was cooking with oil about 11:40 p.m. when the fire started and she tried to squelch flames with water, Las Vegas Fire Department officials say. The home is located near Fort Apache Road and Sahara Avenue.
Firefighters ruled the blaze accidental.
The woman was the only person home at the time. Some of the family's pets, which included a 12-foot python and 3-foot lizard, were rescued by firefighters.
The woman suffered burns to her face and hands.
ROLLOVER INCIDENT
ID of woman killed in I-15 crash released
A woman who died Tuesday in a rollover accident on Interstate 15 near St. Rose Parkway was identified by the Clark County coroner's office Thursday as 22-year-old Roberta Becker Maciel.
The coroner's office didn't identify Maciel's city of residence, but authorities said they believed she was from California.
Maciel was a passenger in a compact car that rolled over after the driver lost control about 7 p.m. Tuesday. She was thrown from the car, the Nevada Highway Patrol said.
RENO CASE
Two get probation in immigration probe
Two executives of a Northern Nevada McDonald's restaurant franchise have been sentenced to three years' probation on federal charges involving the hiring of illegal immigrants.
Jimmy Moore, 47, former vice president of Mack Associates Inc., had pleaded guilty to one felony count of inducing an illegal immigrant to remain in the United States.
Joe Gillespie, 53, operations director of Mack Associates, pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting.
Federal officials said they schemed to knowingly hire illegal workers and in some cases provided them with false identities.
