Thursday, Sept. 26, 2002 | 9:23 a.m.
Trooper's bike collides with car
A Nevada Highway Patrol trooper who suffered back injuries Wednesday after his motorcycle collided with a car is resting at home today.
Trooper John Dorff, 25, was headed east on Russell Road near Spencer Street when a car exited a private driveway and crossed three lanes of traffic about 1 p.m. Dorff, who has been with the NHP for two years, couldn't stop in time and struck the back of the car, Trooper Jim Olschlager said.
Dorff was taken to University Medical Center, where he was treated and released.
Man shot to death is ID'd
A man found shot to death in an apartment in the 700 block of West Adams Avenue on Tuesday has been identified as a California man.
Shawn Russ Davis, 30, of Gardenia was found dead in an apartment that Metro Police believe is used for drug activity.
Police are asking anyone with information about this incident to call the homicide detectives at 229-3521, or Secret Witness at 385-5555.
Victim killed in his home identified
A North Las Vegas man shot and killed Monday night when he arrived home to find three men in his home has been identified as 27-year-old Sergio Ignacio Felix-Ramirez.
The incident happened about 7 p.m. in the 3300 block of Bay Horse Court, near Cheyenne Avenue and Valley Drive.
Felix-Ramirez was using the garage to enter the house, when he was confronted by the three men and shot three times, North Las Vegas Police said.
The suspects had earlier kidnapped another man at gunpoint, and drove that man to the home, police said. The victim arrived a few minutes after the suspects, police said.
Anyone with information about this homicide is asked to call police at 633-177 or Secret Witness at 385-5555.
Residents warned of pyramid schemes
Two pyramid schemes targeting women are sweeping across parts of the country including Las Vegas, the state Bureau of Consumer Protection, said on Wednesday.
The schemes are going by the names "The Women's Circle" and "A Feminine Philanthropy Circle," according to a statement from the attorney general's office.
People pay $5,000 to join one of the groups and commit to recruit others to the group, and in return are promised they will on-day receive $40,000, according to the statement.
"The perpetrators target close friends, relatives, neighbors, and persons they can trust to remain quiet about the pyramid scheme," according to the statement.
Recruiting material also says the group is legal because it is a "gifting club." But state law prohibits such clubs "under which an investment is made and the ability of the investor to receive a monetary return is conditioned on recruiting additional people to the scheme," according to the statement.
The attorney general is asking anyone who may have been solicited to join one of the schemes, or who was a victim of a scheme to call 486-3786.
NLV planners approve dairy
The North Las Vegas Planning Commission on Wednesday recommended the City Council clear the way for a dairy processing plant planned for property near the intersection of Mt. Hood Street and Centennial Parkway.
The commission voted 7-0 to recommend the council rezone the approximately 30 acres from Open Land to a General Industrial District.
The commission also unanimously recommended the council allow the use/storage of hazardous materials, anhydrous ammonia and Dowfrost, on the property. The materials would be used in refrigeration systems, a city official told the commission.
A representative for the applicant told the commission that at the dairy plant, milk would be trucked in and then put into smaller gallon and half-gallon containers for sale in area markets.
Stephen Baxter, acting director of the city Development Services Department, said the council might vote on both matters next month.
Justice Kennedy to speak at UNLV
A U.S. Supreme Court justicewill be the speaker at a grand opening ceremony for UNLV William S. Boyd School of Law's permanent building.
The event is scheduled for 3 p.m. Friday. Justice Anthony Kennedy will be the keynote speaker at the event. Other noted judges from Nevada are also expected to attend.
The newly renovated building, named the James E. Rogers Center for Administration & Justice, is located on the University of Nevada, Las Vegas campus.
The event is free to the public.
No jail for suspect on diverted flight
A man accused of interfering with the crew during a flight to Las Vegas on the first anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks will not face jail time.
Gurdeep Wander, 48, was released Sept. 19 in Fort Smith, Ark., on the condition he avoid trouble for a year. U.S. Attorney Tom Gean said Wander was placed on 12 months' probation under an agreement with prosecutors.
Under a pretrial diversion program, Wander must also pay a $1,000 civil penalty, Gean said.
The Washington, N.J., man was jailed after a Northwest Airlines flight attendant said he interfered with her work during a trip between Memphis, Tenn., and Las Vegas. She testified at a hearing last week that Wander refused to leave a restroom and return to his seat.
He was among four men detained when Flight 979 was diverted to Fort Smith.
Two other men were released after the incident and not charged. The third man, Harinder Singh, 41, of Saylorsburg, Pa., was released Sept. 18 on the condition that he avoid trouble for six months.
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