Las Vegas news briefs

Thursday, April 1, 1999 | 11:24 a.m.

A man suspected in two local homicides has been arrested in Philadelphia and is in the process of being extradited to Las Vegas, police said today.

Jack Seka has been charged with two counts of murder and two counts of robbery in connection with the deaths of Eric Hamilton, 34, and Peter Paul Limanni, 33.

Hamilton's body was found off Las Vegas Boulevard South, just south of State Route 146, on Nov. 16.

Limanni's body was found on Dec. 23 in the desert near Nipton Road, about a mile east of Interstate 15 near Mountain Pass, Calif.

Detectives had talked to Seka at Cinergi Heating and Air Conditioning, 1933 Western Ave., where they believe Hamilton was killed. Limanni managed the business, and Seka worked for him, police said. Limanni hadn't been seen since Nov. 6.

After questioning Seka, detectives let him go because there wasn't sufficient cause to arrest him. An arrest warrant was issued on March 5.

Henderson forum planned at school

A Henderson candidates night for City Council Wards 1, 2 and 4 as well as Municipal Court District 2 will be at 7:30 p.m. Monday at Frank Lamping Elementary School, 2551 Summit Grove Drive.

Moderator for the evening will be Gary Waddell of KLAS Channel 8 news.

Among the topics candidates will express their positions on are growth, traffic, location of future fire stations and the expansion of the Henderson Executive Airport.

The forum is sponsored by residents Rina and Bill Moss and the League of Women Voters.

Downtown lot closing for renovation

The public parking lot on the north side of Stewart Avenue between Third and Fourth streets will be closed Monday through next month, the Las Vegas Public Works Department has announced.

Public works officials are suggesting that the Stewart Avenue parking lot between Fourth Street and Las Vegas Boulevard be used as an alternative parking location. Some handicapped parking spaces are also located on level 2 of the City Hall parking structure.

Besides resurfacing the parking lot, work will include a new configuration and striping of parking spaces and added landscaping.

The parking lot is scheduled to reopen in early May.

Evel plans visit to Caesars Palace

Former daredevil Evel Knievel won't be jumping over anything, only at the opportunity when he comes to town Friday.

Knievel will be at Caesars Palace at 9:30 a.m. Friday to promote his new, limited-edition motorcycle ride. He will ride the new motorcycle up the resort's driveway and through the casino.

When Knievel jumped 150 feet across Caesars' fountains on Dec. 31, 1967, it marked the beginning of the resort's involvement in special events.

Knievel, who had a liver transplant in January, was not successful in the jump almost 32 years ago, ending up in a hospital for 31 days.

Three LV children to attend D.C. event

Three children from Las Vegas who received donated organs will take part in the First Family Pledge Congress in Washington, D.C., on April 14.

The event is sponsored by the Americal Society of Transplant Surgeons to bring attention to the importance of organ donations. More than 200 members of Congress are expected to participate in the event on Capitol Hill.

The Las Vegas youngsters who will attend ceremonies are Brandon Kelley, 6, who received a liver on Feb. 1, 1997; Crystal Sinclair, 6, who received a liver two months before her fourth birthday; and Rebecca Soto, 8, who received a kidney transplant in November 1994.

As of Jan. 1, 276 men, women and children in Nevada were on a waiting list for organs. Some have been waiting for years.