IN BRIEF
LAS VEGAS ARREST
Police capture suspect in New Mexico slaying
A 16-year-old was arrested Monday in Las Vegas in connection with last month's slaying of an 83-year-old man in New Mexico, police said.
Oden Gutierrez rode a bus to Las Vegas on Nov. 27 to visit with his mother. A few days before Gutierrez left New Mexico, police alleged, he shot Thomas Powell in Powell's home in Farmington.
Authorities stopped Gutierrez as he was driving near Bonanza Road and Eastern Avenue, Las Vegas police Sgt. Dave Stansbury said, adding that Gutierrez has been extradited to New Mexico.
WALK TO SCHOOL
Police say girl escaped kidnapping attempt
A man attempted to kidnap a 10-year-old girl during her walk to school Thursday morning, police said.
About 7:45 a.m., the Crestwood Elementary School fourth-grader was on Franklin Avenue when a man driving a gray sport utility vehicle yelled at her to get in his car, Las Vegas police spokesman Jose Montoya said.
The girl ran the rest of the way to the school, at 1300 Pauline Way, less than a mile southwest of where Charleston Boulevard and Eastern Avenue intersect, and told adults what happened.
Police searched the area but were unable to find the man. He was described as Hispanic with dark hair and about 40 years old.
Anyone with information about the case can contact Crime Stoppers at 385-5555.
HANNAH MONTANA
Hot roadshow to play at MGM Grand Garden
Rivaling The Police and Van Halen tours for box office supremacy in 2007, the Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus blockbuster roadshow hits the MGM Grand Garden arena for a pair of shows Jan. 18-19.
Popsters AJ and Aly will open the concert.
Tickets are priced at $26, $43.50, $56 and $66 and go on sale at noon Saturday at the MGM Grand box office, 3799 Las Vegas Blvd. South, and Ticketmaster outlets.
Hannah Montana shows have been selling out in minutes across the country and have been besieged by scalpers, with ducats going for hundreds or even thousands of dollars on ticket broker sites like Stubhub.com.
CALIFORNIA WILDFIRE
Authorities track down five suspects in blaze
Discarded food wrappers were among clues leading to the arrest Thursday of five men who officials think started last month's massive Malibu, Calif., wildfire.
Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca said the investigation took detectives to as far as the Oregon border, to a grocery store and to debit card records. It all was to track the men believed to have set an illegal campfire at a cave where the wildfire started.
The men were identified as Brian Allen Anderson, 22; William Thomas Coppock, 23; Brian David Franks, 27; Eric Matthew Ullman, 18; and Dean Allen Lavorante, 19. All five were in custody Thursday evening.
TOP 10 NEWSMAKER
Magazine recognizes Hindu religious leader
A Hindu chaplain from Reno who became the first to read a Hindu prayer in the U.S. Senate in July has been listed as one of the Top 10 newsmakers of the year in an Indian-American publication.
Rajan Zed was born in India and serves as spokesman for the India Association of Northern Nevada. He is listed in the December issue of India Currents, a monthly magazine based in San Jose, Calif., that annually drafts a list of headline-making Americans of India origin.
In addition to his prayer in Washington, D.C., Zed became the first to read a Hindu prayer to the Nevada Assembly on March 19 and to the Nevada Senate on May 7.
