Helped conger make up his mind to bail. Vanessa murphy 8 news now would you mind answering some questions for us . Bill conger id love to talk to you. You have to talk to the city manager. Vm i cant talk to you seperately . Bc no. When bill conger was hired two years ago, he promised transparency and accountability in the Boulder City Police department but he found it a tough promise to keep in a town not known for either. Public anger about the euthanization of animals is perceived as the issue that pushed him out the door, but theres much more to it. Last week, boulder city detectives met with Clark County District Attorney Steve Wolfson to hand over a criminal affadavit naming mary jo frazier, former manager of boulder city animal control, on 37 felony counts of animal cruelty. But multiple sources familiar with the story told to the iteam that wolfson got an earful about much more. Boulder city officials continue to claim that Police Administrator conger did the right thing when he
Detectives met with Clark County District Attorney Steve Wolfson to hand over a criminal affidavit naming Mary Jo Frazier, former manager of boulder city animal control, on 37 felony counts of animal cruelty. But multiple sources familiar with the story told to the iteam that wolfson got an earful about much more. Boulder city officials continue to claim that Police Administrator conger did the right thing when he allowed Mary Jo Frazier to retire rather than face criminal charges. In april of 2015, conger was told about widespread problems at the Animal Shelter by animal control employee ann inabnitt. A Police Investigation identified 91 dogs and cats that had been euthanized by frazier without waiting the required 5 days or getting an outside vet to sign off. Documents obtained by the iteam show the actual number of suspicious euthanizations is closer to 1300. The city to be embarrassed and decided on his own the case would be tough to prove in court. However, the da was told last we
Ive requested the arrest report which would shed more light on the situation it was not available today were working to get more answers hopefully for tomorrow. At this point it is not clear if burt has a lawyer. Dave Courvoisier and vanessa, whats this new development surrounding a former officer tonight . Vanessa Murphy dave, Richard Scavone is a former Metro Police Officer who is suspected of working as a prostitute. Hes been indicted on a federal civil rights violation and hes accused of lying on a report about the incident. This is significant because you dont hear much about officers being indicted locally. The incident occurred just over a year ago on january 6th of 2015 near tropicana and industrial road. Police reviewed scavones body camera footage at the time and turned it over to the district attorneys office. On march 17th of last year, metro held a press conference and called his use of force excessive and unreasonable. Terminated seven months later on september 10th. And