News briefs for Sept. 27, 2002

Friday, Sept. 27, 2002 | 9:54 a.m.

Two men charged in shooting death

Two men were charged with the shooting death of a 20-year-old Henderson man early Thursday, Metro Police said.

Jeremy D. Naylor, 21, and Sam Cohen, 20, were arrested and charged with murder and use of a deadly weapon in the death of Jon-Jayson Edward Segura. The victim was found shot to death on the stairs to a friend's apartment in the 5400 block of West Tropicana Avenue around 12:20 a.m. Thursday, according to police and the Clark County coroner's office.

Segura was shot shortly after he received a phone call, and then walked out of the apartment, police said.

Both men were taken to the County Detention Center.

Prison inmate disappears at park

A prison inmate disappeared from a nursery crew at Floyd Lamb State Park around 12:15 p.m. Wednesday, the Nevada Department of Corrections reported Thursday.

The inmate, Kurtis Leavitt, 23, was serving a 1- to 4-year sentence for possession of controlled substances.

Leavitt was described as a white man with brown hair, brown eyes, about 6-feet tall, and 165 pounds. He has tattoos including: a marijuana leaf with a biohazard symbol on his left hand; the letters KL on his left wrist; a grim reaper, felix the cat, a spider web, and punk rocker on his upper right arm; a tribal symbol on the front of his left arm and sin city on the back of that arm; the name Caylene on his right forearm and the word villain on the back of his right arm; and three dots on his right eye, authorities said.

Police search for dog killer

North Las Vegas Police are looking for whoever bound the legs of two dogs and then drowned the animals in a pool at 823 Agave Ave.

The first dog was found floating in an above ground pool Saturday. The second dog was found Tuesday, but police said both dogs may have been in the pool Saturday, and the second dog was not immediately seen because the water in the pool was cloudy.

Police are asking that anyone with information about this incident, or anyone who may have seen someone around the residence Saturday, call 633-9111.

Stock promoter receives 30 months

A former Las Vegas stock promoter was sentenced to 30 months in prison Thursday by U.S. District Judge Lloyd George.

Barclay Davis, 55, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit securities fraud and money laundering.

According to court records, between April 1993 and September 1997, Davis was engaged in a scheme to defraud the investing public and financial institutions by controlling and fraudulently affecting the market price of the stock of a publicly traded Las Vegas-based company.

The company, Combined Companies International Corp., was described as a manufacturer of medical products and video games. Davis and others falsely inflated the assets of the company, made false financial reports and illegally transferred stock.

The loss attributed to the defendant's actions was at least $2.5 million, court records state.

Davis, who will surrender to authorities to begin his sentence on Nov. 8, was also ordered to forfeit $308,500 and will be required to perform 200 hours of community service.

$9 million goes for drug program

The state will receive $9 million over the next three years from the federal government to put into programs to prevent drug and alcohol abuse among children.

Gov. Kenny Guinn said Thursday that 85 percent of the money goes to community-based programs and the rest will be used to evaluate whether the efforts are working.

The money comes from the federal Center for Substance Abuse Prevention. The governor said agencies and individuals worked two years to get the money, which will be doled out at $3 million a year.

The state Bureau of Alcohol and Drug Abuse will run the project that starts Oct. 1.