News briefs for Jan. 10, 2003

Friday, Jan. 10, 2003 | 9:53 a.m.

Motorist leads police on chase

A brief police chase ended Thursday night when a driver turned down a dead end street, then rammed two Metro Police cruisers, police said.

Officer Jose Montoya said at 9:38 p.m., officers tried to pull over a reckless driver at Boulder Highway and Russell Road, but the driver didn't stop.

The chase went into Green Valley where the driver turned down Franklin Chase Place, which is a dead end street, Montoya said. The driver allegedly rammed a cruiser, then backed up and hit another cruiser, causing minor to moderate damage to the police vehicles. The driver suffered minor injuries.

Pedestrian killed crossing Flamingo

A 46-year-old Las Vegas man was killed when he was struck by a pickup truck outside the The Rio about 8 p.m. Wednesday, a spokesman for the Nevada Highway Patrol said.

Frederick William Becker, who was walking south across Flamingo Road, just east of Hotel Rio Drive, stepped into the path of a red 1995 Chevrolet pickup truck, Trooper Jim Olschlager said. The truck was heading east on Flamingo.

The victim died at the scene. The driver of the truck, Harvest Becker, 24, of Las Vegas, was not cited, Olschlager said.

Motorcyclist found dead in desert

A passing motorist led Metro Police traffic investigators to dead a motorcyclist near Cottonwood Cove Road outside Searchlight about 12:30 p.m. Thursday.

Metro is still investigating why and how a 55-year-old Searchlight resident wound up dead next to the motorcycle about 418 feet off the road in a gully.

Police said it appears the motorcyclist left the right side of the roadway due to excessive speed while traveling eastbound, then traveled back across the roadway and into the desert.

Two arrested after standoff with police

Two people were arrested Thursday after what Metro Police called a "low-risk standoff" at a residence near Tenaya Way and Alexander Road.

Darin Greene, 22, was arrested on felony warrants for possession of stolen property. Lindsay Greene, 19, was arrested for possession of stolen property.

Sgt. Rick Barela said officers from Metro's Northwest Area Command got a tip that a stolen vehicle and stolen property relating to an ongoing case were at a home on Larkvale Way. When officers got there about 7:30 a.m., a man inside refused to open the door, police said.

Metro's SWAT team responded, but didn't force entry. The suspects came out voluntarily about noon, Barela said.

Man being held without bail

A Henderson man accused of killing his father in a domestic dispute is remaining jailed without bail.

David John Rodius, 21, was brought before before Henderson Justice of the Peace Rodney Burr on Thursday. His preliminary hearing is set for Jan. 23 in Henderson Justice Court.

Rodius faces two felony charges of murder and assault with the use of a deadly weapon in the Jan. 1 death of his father, Daniel Rodius, 58.

The incident occurred at the family's home in the 2000 block of Majestic Peak Drive in Henderson.

Construction closes street in NLV

Beginning today, Clayton Street between Lone Mountain and Craig roads in North Las Vegas will be closed because of construction.

Alternate routes will be posted, and north-south traffic should use either Camino El Norte or Simmons Street as an alternate route.

Local access to the area will be from Craig Road.