Las Vegas Morning Update for Saturday, April 22nd
 
Las Vegas Morning Update for Saturday, April 22nd

1. An American Airlines employee has been suspended after a video posted on Friday showed an altercation where one of the crew members violently took a stroller from a woman, who was carrying her small child. The crew member began hitting the woman with the stroller, just barely missing the child. The incident started over a dispute as to whether the woman could bring her stroller on the flight. American Airlines is investigating the incident.

2. The money has begun rolling in for the Raiders’ planned stadium in Las Vegas with room-tax revenue specifically allocated to pay off stadium construction bonds that are running about 25 percent ahead of projections. Projections calculated by the Southern Nevada Tourism Infrastructure Committee forecasted a monthly revenue of about $3.7 million when it was studied last year. Raiders President Marc Badain on Thursday confirmed that the Raiders took about 23,000 $100 deposits for personal seat license for tickets on the first day they were available, and the total now is over 40,000. Revenue generated by PSLs will be applied toward the Raiders’ $1.15 billion financial contribution for construction of a 65,000-seat domed stadium with an estimated price of $1.9 billion.

3. Federal prosecutors have filed trafficking and coercion charges against a Las Vegas man accused of driving a 15-year-old girl to a fire station for sex. Authorities claim Gino Miller, 23, forced the girl into prostitution just days before the firehouse encounter and acted as her pimp. The 46-year-old fire captain, Richard Loughry, is accused of paying the girl $300 for sex. Loughry is facing eight counts, including statutory sexual seduction, in Las Vegas Justice Court. (Gabriella Benavidez/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Las Vegas Morning Update for Thursday, April 20th
 
Las Vegas Morning Update for Thursday, April 20th

1. Prominent sports bettor David Oancea, known to most as “Vegas Dave” was arraigned in federal court and pleaded not guilty to using other people’s Social Security numbers to open player accounts at area casinos. Oancea was arrested by Metro officers for an outstanding domestic battery warrant after his arraignment. His federal trial is set for June 20th.
2. A criminal complaint against a Las Vegas fire captain states that Richard Loughry paid a 15-year-old girl $300 to have sex with him in a fire station. An online ad said the girl was 22 years old and Loughry exchanged text messages with the girl before she met him at the station. Loughry made his first court appearance this morning.
3. Two Bullhead City officers rescued a pair of brothers early this morning from the Colorado River. The two brothers in their mid-20s were kayaking late at night when the kayaks capsized. The officers removed their gear and jumped in to help the brothers and the Bullhead City Police Department called the men “heroes.”

Questions surround future of Pahranagat Valley football coach
 
Questions surround future of Pahranagat Valley football coach

Coach Ken Higbee was charged on 225 counts, including theft and forgery. His future with the Pahranagat Valley football program and as principal of C.O. Bastian High School is unknown. (Elaine Wilson/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Judge releases man who received jail sentence while lawyer in handcuffs
 
Judge releases man who received jail sentence while lawyer in handcuffs

District Judge Rob Bare released Daniel Fernandez after reviewing Justice of the Peace Conrad Hafen’s handling of the case. Bare noted that Hafen directly addressed the defendant on May 23 while Deputy Public Defender Zohra Bakhtary was handcuffed and silenced.

Lee’s Discount Liquor robbery video
 
Lee’s Discount Liquor robbery video

Surveillance video from an April 20, 2016 robbery and killing at a Lee’s Discount Liquor store. Clerk Matthew Christensen, 24, was fatally shot during the incident.

Murder case against three men to be presented to a grand jury
 
Murder case against three men to be presented to a grand jury

Ray Brown, Lee Murray Sykes and Lee Dominic Sykes, the three men accused of the killing of a Lee’s Discount Liquor cashier during an armed robbery on April 18, 2016, face charges of first-degree murder, burglary and kidnapping. kidnapping

Stolen lion found in desert
 
Stolen lion found in desert

A golden lion statue was found Monday morning, a day after it was stolen from an art installation on Decatur Boulevard.

Man gets 12 to 30 years in DUI crash that killed 2 teens
 
Man gets 12 to 30 years in DUI crash that killed 2 teens

Soon Mo Lee, the man who plead guilty to drunk-driving in a crash that left Kamesha J’Nyah Gilmore and Gabriell Rene Thomas dead, was sentenced to 12 to 30 years in prison.

Former paramedic, life guard and park ranger takes plea deal
 
Former paramedic, life guard and park ranger takes plea deal

Terry Rogaczewski, a former paramedic, life guard, park ranger and security officer, charged with attempting to carjack two vehicles at gunpoint pleaded guilty pursuant to an offer on Monday as part of a plea deal.

Boxer and promoter remain suspended
 
Boxer and promoter remain suspended

Zab Judah and Roy Englebrecht remain suspended by the Nevada Athletic Commission pending a disciplinary after both falsified statements on Judah’s boxing license.

Henderson teen sentenced in stabbing deaths of mother, brother
 
Henderson teen sentenced in stabbing deaths of mother, brother

Adrian Navarro-Canales, who pleaded guilty to one count of first-degree murder and one count of second-degree murder for the slaying of his mother and younger brotherto serve 32-and-a-half to 95 years in prison for the slayings.

Wild police chase ends with two arrests, officer injured
 
Wild police chase ends with two arrests, officer injured

A wild police chase involving a stolen U-Haul truck, with shots fired, through downtown Las Vegas ended at Craig Road and Clayton Street with two suspects being taken into custody and a police officer in the process.

Las Vegas Sands appeals Suen verdict to Nevada Supreme Court
 
Las Vegas Sands appeals Suen verdict to Nevada Supreme Court

The behind-the-scenes dealing that allowed Las Vegas Sands Corp. to enter the lucrative Macau casino market was the subject of a Nevada Supreme Court hearing today — the second time in almost six years that justices have considered the matter.

The Captive Citizen of Las Vegas
 
The Captive Citizen of Las Vegas

Dayvid Figler graduated high school early hoping never to come back to Las Vegas. Regardless, he came back and passed the bar at age 23 in 1991.He has lived continuously in Vegas since then and has been living in Downtown Las Vegas for 16 years. He became involved in murder cases as a Special Public Defender in 1997, defending 100 plus people and many high-profile cases. In 2003, Mayor Oscar Goodman appointed him as a judge downtown. The experience changed and added to his perspective of Las Vegas, particularly downtown, for which he is now a strong advocate for its growth and stability. On the side he writes essays, participates in radio, and hosts storytelling events. He lends himself to any school or non-profit that seeks him out him out for his knowledgable familiarity with Las Vegas, having grown up there and having navigated its judicial system as a both a judge and public defender.

Unidentified man commits suicide at intersection
 
Unidentified man commits suicide at intersection

An unidentified man, who police believe had just robbed a Bank of America, killed himself in his getaway car at the 3600 block of Flamingo Road on Friday, Nov. 13, 2015.

More family members remember loved ones
 
More family members remember loved ones

The second day of testimony in the penalty stage of the Ammar Harris trial continued today with family members of the victims. Afterwards the defense introduced forensic psychologist, Dr. Shera D. Bradley, who did a mitigation evaluation for Ammar Harris and discussed his upbringing, the environment he was raised in and factors that influenced his life.

Ammar Harris faces possibility of death penalty
 
Ammar Harris faces possibility of death penalty

On Monday family members of victims took the stand as the penalty phase began for Ammar Harris, the man convicted of killing three people on the Las Vegas Strip.

Death in Las Vegas: Ted Binion
 
Death in Las Vegas: Ted Binion

Ted Binion loved money, booze, hard-bodied women and black-tar heroin. The shadowy mystery that surrounds his death still lingers today.

Man testifies against brother in murder trial
 
Man testifies against brother in murder trial

Robert Sitton takes the stand to testify against his brother Will Sitton, and Jacquie Schafer, who are facing multiple felonies including murder, robbery and burglary.

Trial opens for gunman accused of fiery Strip murders
 
Trial opens for gunman accused of fiery Strip murders

Over two and a half years after the shooting and fiery crash on the Las Vegas strip that left three people dead, accused gunman Ammar Harris faces a trial by jury which could result in the death penalty.