Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2004 | 9:31 a.m.
Driver killed when he rear-ends bus
A 77-year-old Las Vegas man was killed Monday afternoon when he rear-ended a stopped Citizens Area Transit bus on Desert Inn Road at the Pecos-McLeod Interconnect, police said.
The man was driving a 1990 Buick Regal east in the center lane about 1:45 p.m. but apparently "not paying attention to the road," according to Metro Police Detective Bill Redfairn. The driver changed to the right lane, where a CAT bus was stopped for traffic.
Police said the man tried to brake but couldn't stop in time and hit the back of the bus.
The man, whose name was not released this morning, was not wearing a seat belt and was partially ejected through the windshield of the Buick, police said. He was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.
Redfairn said the man probably would have survived the crash if he had been wearing his seat belt.
Sky-Vue owners' bill to hit $250,000
David and Sandi DiMarco's total bill for the now-razed Sky-Vue mobile home park likely will top $250,000 after Wednesday, when the Las Vegas City Council is to consider charging them $131,000 for tearing the park down in September.
The city did the work after it was unable to agree with the DiMarcos, the park owners, on how to proceed with the demolition. The $131,000 adds to a tab that includes Clark County Health District fines of $39,000, and city charges of doing business without a license, which carries a fine of $10,000.
The balance is claimed by the city for security and other details associated with the closing of the park April 30. City and Health District officials said the park was unsafe for occupancy because of unsanitary conditions and lack of fire hydrants.
Man arrested in fatal hit and run
A 64-year-old Las Vegas man was killed Monday by a hit-and-run driver in a stolen car, Metro Police said.
The victim, whose name has not yet been released, was sitting at a red light on Durango Drive at Tropicana Avenue about 6:40 a.m. when 26-year-old Douglas Potter rear-ended his 1990 Toyota Camry, Detective Bob Holland said.
Potter fled but a witness chased him and called police. He was arrested a short time later near the Spanish Trail area on charges of felony hit and run with death and involuntary manslaughter.
Police discovered that the 2004 Volvo that Potter had been driving was reported stolen in Las Vegas Sept. 24.
State controller wins award
The 2003 annual financial report prepared by the office of state Controller Kathy Augustine has for the sixth year received the certificate of achievement for excellence in financial reporting.
The Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada makes the award and said the Nevada report demonstrates the "spirit of full disclosure" in outlining the financial condition of the state.
State Controller Kathy Augustine, facing impeachment for allegedly using state workers in her re-election campaign, also said Monday her office has collected more than $3.6 million overdue debt owed the state. Twenty-three state agencies have turned their debt collection over to the controller's office.
Reserve unit readies for Iraq
Forty-four members of the Nevada Army Reserve's 313th Military Police Detachment are scheduled to leave Las Vegas Wednesday for training at Fort Lewis, Wash., before heading on to the Middle East in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Capt. Gabriella Cook, a Metro Police officer and commander of the unit, said that the unit's orders remain classified. A little more than half the unit, based in Las Vegas, will be made up of Army Reserve soldiers from other Western states.
The unit has been on alert for nearly a year, and the soldiers expect to be deployed for 18 months.
Man arrested in securities violation
A Las Vegas man was arrested Oct. 11 on felony violations of the Nevada Uniform Securities Act, Secretary of State Dean Heller announced Monday.
Neal Maharhaj, 56, was arrested on one count of sale of an unregistered security to a person 60 years of age or older; one count of securities fraud against a person 60 years of age or older; and one count of transacting business as an unlicensed broker and dealer.
The state alleges that Maharhaj convinced a man to invest $100,000 in a government tax lien certificate through his company, Smart Financial Systems, LLC of Las Vegas, and Powernet Marketing Systems Inc.
Maharhaj allegedly misrepresented that the investment "would be handled by a friend located offshore" and that the victim would receive an annual 15 percent return on the investment, which increased the certificate's value to be more than $800,000 in fifteen years.
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