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In Las Vegas' second celebrity arrest in two weeks, boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. was booked Friday on charges of grand larceny related to a domestic violence incident with an ex-girlfriend.
Police said the charge stems from personal items Mayweather took from ex-girlfriend Josie Harris' house Thursday morning, including her cell phone.
The boxer, a part-time Las Vegas Valley resident, was booked after he voluntarily met police for questioning.
Police did not arrest Mayweather on charges of misdemeanor domestic violence because an arrest must be made within 24 hours of the crime.
Police plan to submit that part of the case to the district attorney for review.
On Aug. 27, hotel heiress Paris Hilton was arrested in Las Vegas on a drug charge.
Monday
Plane crash kills one
One person was killed and three others injured when the single-engine airplane they were in crashed in a Henderson neighborhood.
The pilot, Douglas Touchet, 50, died. His wife, Susan, 43, and another couple from Louisiana, Randall and Tamika Savoy, sustained life-threatening injuries.
Authorities said the seven-seat private plane had just taken off from the Henderson Executive Airport and failed to gain much altitude.
Residents used garden hoses to try to douse the flames.
Tuesday
No Arberry contract
Clark County commissioners rejected former Assemblyman Morse Arberry's bid to be the courts' lobbyist in next year's high-stakes legislative session.
Commissioners who voted "no" cited concerns about spending public money on state lobbyists and hiring an ex-lawmaker who had no cooling-off period.
Arberry was pursuing the lobbying job before he quit his Assembly post on Aug. 31.
Arberry would have been paid $124,000 over two years plus extra pay for special legislative sessions.
Wednesday
Nye DA arrested again
For the second time in two years, Nye County District Attorney Bob Beckett was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving, this time as the result of a call from a concerned Pahrump citizen: Heidi Fleiss.
The former Hollywood madam said she reported a suspicious vehicle parked on the secluded road near her house because she feared it might belong to a stalker.
The car turned out to be a county vehicle with Beckett sleeping in the driver's seat, authorities said.
Thursday
Chrissy remembers
A 17-year-old sexual assault victim took the unusual step of publicly speaking about her ordeal and the recent flashback that may have resolved her 12-year-old cold case.
With the help of Las Vegas police Sgt. John Scott, who handled the case as a young detective and now heads the cold case unit, Fermin Ivan Perez, 71, was arrested last week at his valley home.
The young girl known as "Chrissy" said she was 5 years old when a man grabbed her and took her to his home, where she was sexually assaulted for five hours.
Two months ago, she drove past the home and it jogged her memory.
Friday
Candelabras to go out
After 31 years of celebrating one of Las Vegas' iconic entertainers, the Liberace Museum will close its doors for good on Oct. 17.
Attendance has dwindled over the years at the museum at 1775 E. Tropicana Ave.
Its closure will put 31 employees, including around a dozen full-timers, out of work.
Week In Review
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NUMBERS
0.01
Inches of rain recorded at McCarran International Airport on Tuesday, just enough to snap a streak of 137 days with no measurable precipitation.
45
The number of years dancer Marta Becket, now 86, has performed at her Amargosa Opera House in Death Valley Junction, Calif. She said her next season will be her last.
1,096
Number of calls in the first week to a new hot line set up to catch motorists who live in Nevada but still have their vehicles registered out of state.
66-78
The Las Vegas 51s’ record this season, following a 6-5 loss at Portland in their final game. The team has finished with a losing record in six of the last seven years.
QUOTES
“If I’d known it was him, I never would have called the police. I would have told him to lay down in the guesthouse and sleep it off.”
Heidi Fleiss
Former Hollywood Madam turned Pahrump resident, commenting on the arrest of Nye County District Attorney Bob Beckett on suspicion of drunken driving. It was Fleiss’ report of a suspicious vehicle parked on her road that led to Beckett’s arrest.
“41 to Angle.”
The phrase used to describe the frequent “no” votes cast in the 42-member state Assembly by then-Assemblywoman Sharron Angle, now the Republican candidate for U.S. Senate. Some fellow former lawmakers praised her for sticking to her principles. Others said she was stubborn to the point of being ineffectual.
“He was on an extremely destructive path when I left him, and I never expected Erik to live to see 40.”
Lydia Gorzoch
whose ex-husband, Erik Scott, was shot and killed by Las Vegas police in front of a Costco in Summerlin on July 10. Scott was 38.
“Wine, cheese and spent (nuclear) fuel are probably the only things that get better with age.”
James Conca
Panelist at Wednesday’s Clean Energy Forum at UNLV.
MULTIMEDIA lvrj.com/multimedia
• VIDEO: Floyd Mayweather Jr. released from Clark County Detention Center
• VIDEO: Rebel Nation Minute with Steve Guiremand 09/10/10
• VIDEO: 17-year-old victim talks about 1998 sexual assault
• SLIDE SHOW: Plane crashes in a Henderson neighborhood after takeoff
• VIDEO: Family members of plane crash survivor talk
