IN BRIEF

domestic dispute

Woman killed in attack with large knife

A woman died and a man's arm was severed Thursday night in a domestic dispute in which police said three victims were attacked with a machete or other large knife.

Police arrived at an apartment complex in the 700 block of Lilly Lane, near Bonanza Road and Eastern Avenue, at 8:43 p.m. after receiving reports of a man bleeding in the common area of the complex. Officers found three victims on the ground, including two women with head injuries and a man with a severed arm and finger, said Lt. Lew Roberts of the Metropolitan Police Department's homicide unit.

One of the women, who sustained blunt force trauma to her head, died at a hospital, police said. The condition of the other woman and the man wasn't available late Thursday.

The suspect fled and was still at large late Thursday. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY

Free rides available to motorists over holidays

Today through midnight Jan. 1, the Nevada Department of Public Safety is offering motorists free rides home with its Home for the Holidays project, co-sponsored by the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

Anyone who has been drinking and wants to avoid driving can call 456-RIDE (456-7433) and two drivers will respond. One will drive the caller home in the caller's vehicle; the other will follow the caller's vehicle.

FELONY CHARGE

Nye County official charged in bribery case

Nye County Commissioner Peter Liakopoulos has been arrested on a felony charge of seeking a bribe in exchange for his vote.

Nye Detective David Boruchowitz said Liakopoulos attempted to obtain a bribe from Pahrump town board member Laurayne Murray from August to this week.

Boruchowitz said the commissioner asked Murray to appoint his wife as the curator of a veterans memorial in exchange for his support of a bill that would raise taxes by half a cent.

The tax would have helped pay for fire, ambulance and sheriff's services.

Liakopoulos was booked Thursday and released on his own recognizance.