Monday, Aug. 1, 2005 | 11 a.m.
Three arrested in bar robbery
Metro Police arrested three people after the trio allegedly robbed the Dealer's Choice Bar at 4552 Spring Mountain Road, its bartender and two patrons about 1:30 a.m. Saturday.
Eduardo Alvares, Ricardo Martinez and a 17-year-old boy who was not identified because of his age are each charged with robbery with a deadly weapon, burglary and conspiracy to commit robbery.
Alvares and Martinez were booked into Clark County Detention Center and the 17-year-old was booked into the Clark County Juvenile Hall.
One of the suspects allegedly jumped on the counter of the bar with a handgun while another was armed with a knife. The third suspect remained in the doorway and acted as a lookout, according to Metro Police.
Police saturated the area after being called about the robbery and arrested the suspects near Desert Inn Drive and Decatur Boulevard within half an hour after the robbery, according to Metro.
Guinn assistant Trent calls it quits
John Trent, assistant press secretary for Gov. Kenny Guinn, has resigned after 18 months on the job.
Trent will become head of the Custom Publishing Group of the Reno Gazette-Journal, a daily newspaper in Reno. He will also edit Reno Magazine.
Man found dead in Searchlight
A man was found dead of an apparent gunshot wound to the back of his head early Sunday near U.S. 95 north of Searchlight.
Metro Police said medical responders found the 35-year-old man dead about 1 a.m. The man's name had not been released as of this morning.
Police said they were called to the area near mile marker 30 with a report that a person had been shot. Police learned that the man had been shooting with friends in the desert.
Police said they interviewed Nicolas Mariani, 30, determined that he had shot the man and arrested Mariani on a homicide charge.
Supreme Court denies petition
The Nevada Supreme Court has denied the petition of killer Jonathan C. Daniels, sentenced to life in prison without parole for shooting two convenience store clerks during a robbery in Las Vegas.
The court said Friday that Daniels, now 30 years old, waited too long to file his petition for a writ of habeas corpus.
A jury in December 1995 found Daniels guilty of killing Nicasio Dias and June Frye. The two were shot at the AM/PM market where they worked in January 1995.
Five killed in California wreck
A van carrying at least 16 people overturned on the shoulder of a desert highway near Ludlow, Calif., early today, killing five and injuring 11, the California Highway Patrol said.
It was not immediately known whether another vehicle was involved or what caused the crash, said CHP officer Todd Weichers. It occurred around 5 a.m. on Highway 40 in San Bernardino County.
"The details are sketchy because things are chaotic out there," Weichers said. "All I know is the van overturned on the right shoulder for unknown reasons."
Westbound lanes of the highway were temporarily shut down as four helicopters airlifted 11 people to hospitals, he said. The victims' identities were not immediately available. Weichers said he did not know the extent of the victims' injuries.
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