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
This case we are talking about the 911 system where lives could be at stake here. This 911 outage occurred on february second for about six hours. At first, people calling with emergencies may not have been able to get through or their calls may have been dropped. Accor ding to the department. Once metro transferred calls to the henderson and North Las Vegas call centers there was still a significant wait. Possibly up to 50 minutes. Deputy chief charles hank tells us although it is not definitive, the broadcast storm is the likely cause. deputy chief Charles Hank Metro police even though we do not know or have a definitive reason for the cause of the disruption of service, we have enough information to better prepare against any future failure of the system. Simply put, today our system is stronger as a result of our thorough look into this matter. deputy chief if metro received any reports or knows about anything that went terribly wrong as a result of someone calling 911 and not bein
She says it all went down in front of her neighbors house. No word yet on the identity of the suspect. Or the victim. Denise Valdez and a bank robbery led to a crash that shut down part of the 215 today. Police say the robbery happened at the us bank on russell road near i15. Metro followed the suspects car from a helicopter. As the vehicle sped down the highway. Until it crashed on 215 between buffalo and durango. The suspect was taken into custody. But was first taken to the hospital for minor injuries. Dave Courvoisier new tonight at six. A former Charter School teacher is in trouble with the law. Facing lewdness charges. North Las Vegas Police say 49 year old William Crawford had inappropriate contact with two 12 year old girls. This happened while he was a teacher at Somerset Academy in 2012. It wasnt reported to the police until 2014. Crawford was arrested yesterday on two counts of lewdness with a minor under 14. Dave Courvoisier also new at six. Two people are facing felony acc