Apartment building was destroyed and investigators believe squatters may be to blame. Witnesses told them they saw a person hop out of a second story window and take off. Emergency crews are now trying to figure out if this was the same man who called 911 and was taken to umc with burns to 20 percent of his body. Or leaving town. Expect our highways to be packed this weekend. And while things may be fine right now. Were told traffic should start really picking up at around 8. Then we hit peak hours soon after that, starting at 10. That heavy traffic is expected to last until 6 this evening. And its not just the traffic you have to Pay Attention to. More cops are going to be o nhp is starting a big push today. Looking for speeders, distracted drivers. And people who arent wearing their seat belt. And if youre thinking about heading to the strip. Expect to see huge crowds. In fact, 95 percent of the with the front passing over head, winds will be picking up but rain chances are now out t
Weekend. Fox5s Vince Sapienza tracked down the manager of the company who saw the stolen truck take off from his parking lot. Hes live in the newsroom. John. Christine. At this time police are still scarambling to find alonso perez. A man police are describing as armed and dangerous. Due to his history of violence. The manager i spoke with said he was shocked to hear. Not only someone escape police custody. But the fact that dangerous criminals are routinely brought near his workplace. We just had a truck jacked, and they said oh well we just lost a suspect, and we said you lost a suspect. The answer to that is yes. And that suspect is 25year old alonso perez. A 63 200 pound hispanic man who was last seen wearing a 21 Dallas Cowboys jersey. He also has a three inch air jordan tatoo on his neck. The prime suspect in a homicide that resulted in the death of Mohammad Robinson last weekend in north arrested perez at 10 am friday. Only to have him break free at their Detective Bureau near t
That prompted a Massive Police response. Closed captioning will resume shortly a search comes to a sad end. For a man who disappeared at a laughlin casino more than a month ago. This is fox5 news at 5. Local. Las vegas a scary moment today on the north end of the las vegas strip. Im christine maddela. Im dave hall in for hn a suspicious package was found prompting a partial evacuation of the stratosphere. Fox five has Team Coverage of this story. Lets begin first with miguel closed captioning will resume shortly the First Responders from all the different agencies are here and were here to keep you safe and Hotel Security in our town is second to none. This started because Hotel Security was doing their job, they saw something and said something and we were prepared to respond to it with the resources you see out here. Come to vegas its a safe place to be and well keep you safe while youre here. Closed captioning will resume shortly closed captioning will resume shortly closed captioni
Between primm and las vegas. And that is of course on the 15 freeway. It was northbound when we saw this morning at about 30 minutes time. A little after sunrise. About 30 people very quickly getting speeding tickets being issued by the nevada highway patrol. This is a joint operation among a number of different Law Enforcement agencies including the california highway patrol. It is a zero tolerance crackdown and all of it because of the Labor Day Travel weekend which is underway right now. Its the patrols for this holiday weekend. The california patrol has joined nhp troopers in keeping a closer watch on the 15 in both directions between las vegas and primm. Of course theres added efforts on the northbound lanes of the i15. That corridor is the busiest, among the busiest in the nation for holiday travel. Each day its estimated that 45,000 vehicles cross from california through primm and into Southern Nevada. Cops today from agencies the nhp and the california patrol highway are using
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