IN BRIEF

U.S. HIGHWAY 95 INCIDENT

Police arrest man in road rage shooting

A man wanted for engaging in a shootout during a road rage incident was arrested Friday and held on $26,000 bail.

James W. Pribble II, 28, is facing charges of attempted murder, battery with substantial bodily harm, assault with a deadly weapon, battery with a deadly weapon and possession of a firearm with an obliterated serial number.

The incident began about 6:30 p.m. Sunday when two vehicles were traveling south on U.S. Highway 95 near Lake Mead Boulevard.

Pribble, in a Jeep Cherokee sport utility vehicle, and Thomas Woodward, 31, who was in a Saturn coupe, engaged in a dispute in which they cut each other off, according to police and Woodward's father, Buzz Woodward.

The two pulled over to the side of the highway, and Thomas Woodward got out of the Saturn and approached Pribble, police and Buzz Woodward say.

Pribble began firing a gun and hit Thomas Woodward's wife, 29-year-old Melissa C. Woodward, who was in the Saturn, once, police and Buzz Woodward say.

After she was wounded, Thomas Woodward retrieved a handgun that legally belonged to his wife, who works off and on as a security guard, and a gunbattle ensued, according to Buzz Woodward.

Melissa Woodward was hospitalized but is recovering, Buzz Woodward said.

SCHOOL OF HOSPITALITY

CSN employee held on child porn charges

An administrative assistant at the College of Southern Nevada was arrested Thursday on charges of possession, receiving and transporting child pornography.

Harold Thrash, 50, a college employee since May 2002, worked at the Cheyenne campus in the School of Hospitality but traveled between the college's two other campuses.

In December, a security guard discovered images that had been downloaded and turned that information over to college police, CSN Police Chief Sandy Seda said.

It is alleged that Thrash used college computers to access child pornography images, according to the college.

College police brought in the FBI to assist in the case, Seda said. FBI and college police arrested Thrash on the college's Charleston campus.

Thrash was an administrative assistant who provided "routine clerical assistance" and didn't have direct contact with students, Seda said. He makes $31,424 a year.

Thrash was placed on paid leave pending the outcome of his case in federal court.

FRIVOLOUS LITIGATION

Ex-Supreme Court candidate disbarred

Former Nevada Supreme Court candidate Kevin Mirch has been disbarred by the high court for what it said was a pattern of misconduct involving frivolous litigation.

The court upheld a finding of the Northern Nevada Disciplinary Board of the State Bar of Nevada that Mirch, a Reno attorney, filed a frivolous lawsuit against an attorney with the McDonald, Carano & Wilson law firm with the intent to "interfere and harass" the firm and its representation of one of Mirch's former clients.

Mirch can petition the court for reinstatement after three years.

Mirch was a candidate for the Supreme Court in 2004 for the seat being vacated by Justice Miriam Shearing.

Justice Jim Hardesty, then a Washoe County judge who had referred the matter involving Mirch to the State Bar for a disciplinary investigation, won the high court seat.

Hardesty did not participate in the order disbarring Mirch.

Mirch also previously ran for the Assembly.

Mirch raised several issues with the court over the disciplinary board's recommendation, including a violation of his due process rights.

The court rejected all of his claims in its order Thursday.