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Officer charges with assaulting woman

Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2000 | 1:57 a.m.

A North Las Vegas Police detective was arrested and charged with assaulting a woman in a Home Depot parking lot.

Detective William Brooks was suspended with pay by the North Las Vegas Police Department Sunday after he was arrested by Metro Police, said Lt. Chris Larotonda, North Las Vegas Police spokesman.

Brooks was charged Sunday night with assault with a deadly weapon, kidnapping and battery.

According to the 36-year-old woman's statement to police, Brooks grabbed her from behind Sunday about 10:40 a.m. in the Home Depot parking lot, forcing her into her Porsche and struggling with her.

Brooks also is accused of striking her several times, then pulling a gun, pointing it at her and saying, "Shut up or I'll kill you," said Metro Deputy Chief Ray Flynn.

At some point, Flynn said, Brooks left the woman's car and drove away in his car. The woman wrote down the license plate number and contacted police. Metro officers got a warrant to search Brooks' house and arrested him, Flynn said.

"The woman had marks and bruises on her hands, face and back," he said.

Any connection between Brooks and the woman was not known Tuesday.

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