Caused a 3floor evacuation at the pyramid tower in the luxor, this afternoon. Our 8 news now crew was first on the scene. Reporter Brittany Edney now joins us with the latest. Brittany. What did the hazmat teams find . Denise. Investigators spent several hours looking into this possible threat but they have determined that the suspicious items. Specifica lly a liquid, are non hazardous. Now. They wouldnt give us any more details on what it was because its an ongoing investigation. O nly that there is no threat. In this video from earlier. You can see city and county Fire Departments were on scene with metro. Investigators tell us at around 11 this morning, a room service attednent found several suspicious items and thats when police got involved. Floors 27 through 29 were evacauted and no injuries have been reported. Investigators say they are still looking into who left those items and if theres any possibility of criminal charges. But overall, metro says theyre jesse roybal, Public I
amanda ortiz alleged victim youre an officer thats supposed to be there for my safety, or you know what i mean and at that point, i just felt unsafe. Vanessa Murphy amanda ortiz says former Metro Police Officer Richard Scavone threw her to the ground, slammed her into a patrol car, and knocked out a couple of her teeth in january of 2015. amanda i seen my face on the glass and my face was bleeding all over the place Vanessa Murphy the 24 year old woman was suspected of working as a prostitute something shes been arrested for before. And after scavones stop in this Hotel Parking lot. Which she says turned violent. She was taken into custody. She immediately complained. amanda i felt like it was wrong. I know my rights as citizen. Vanessa Murphy scavone was fired months later. In january. He was indicted federally for excessive use of force and obstruction of justice for lying on a report. And ortiz is suing scavone, the department, and other officers at that scene. cal potter attorney i
Glass and my face was bleeding all over the place Vanessa Murphy the 24 year old woman was suspected of working as a prostitute something shes been arrested for before. And after scavones stop in this Hotel Parking lot. Which she says turned violent. She was taken into custody. She immediately complained. amanda i felt like it was wrong. I know my rights as citizen. Vanessa Murphy scavone was fired months later. In january. He was indicted federally for excessive use of force and obstruction of justice for lying on a report. And ortiz is suing scavone, the department, and other officers at that scene. cal potter attorney its unfathomable that an officer wearing a body camera thinks that he can change the facts. Vanessa Murphy attorney cal potter is representing ortiz. cal its like the rodney king case. If there hadnt been video tape, it would have just been another beating and so you have a situation here where this young lady was beaten for not committing any type of offense was unlaw