Vegas briefs

Thursday, Feb. 29, 1996 | 11:59 a.m.

* DOMESTIC DISPUTE -- A Henderson man was arrested after a domestic dispute in which police say he held his wife at gunpoint. Robert Warren Wagner, 33, argued with his wife, Elizabeth, age unknown, and threatened her with a handgun Wednesday, police said. He held her against her will, but she was able to break away and call police about 3 p.m. Wagner then ran out of his 226 Tungsten St. home, vaulted a fence and hid in a ravine, said Henderson Police Lt. Monty Sparks. Because police were concerned about the low temperatures and water in the ravine, they called SWAT officers in to coax Wagner out. When SWAT officers arrived, Wagner surrendered without incident.

* OFFICER CAN RETURN -- A Metro Police SWAT officer has received a doctor's OK to return to full duties after being shot by a fellow officer during a standoff last month. Paul Dapra, 29, was hospitalized for several days with a bullet wound under his left arm after the Jan. 19 incident between police and a gunman at Apex Road and Las Vegas Boulevard North. Authorities have ruled that the seven-year Metro veteran was shot accidentally by a teammate whose name has not been released.

* STORE ROBBERY -- A search is under way for as many as 30 people who stole merchandise from a southeast Las Vegas convenience store. Metro Police robbery detectives have been studying a videotape of the incident, which occurred about 12:20 a.m. Feb. 11 in front of the store's surveillance cameras. Witnesses told police a group of 20 to 30 males and females estimated at 16 to 20 years old entered the store near Flamingo Road and Eastern Avenue, took a variety of items, and left without paying. Anyone with information on the robbery is asked to call Metro's robbery detail at 229-3591.

* 'NIGHTMARE' OVER -- The daughter of state Sen. Lawrence Jacobsen, whose hiring as a public information officer for the Nevada Highway Patrol caused a controversy, has resigned. Susan Erardy says her six months in the post has been "kind of a nightmare," knowing that the troopers were upset with her appointment. She is returning to a job as an investigator in the Nevada Division of Investigation. When she was hired in August by former NHP Chief Paul Corbin, troopers complained that normal employment procedures were bypassed, possibly because she was the daughter of Jacobsen, R-Minden. Jacobsen denied he used any influence to get his daughter the job. Four grievances were filed by troopers who contended the hiring was illegal but they are now being withdrawn. Acting Chief Michael Hood said the job now will be switched to having a patrolman on the highways.