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Police: 3 arrested in officer’s death have gang ties
18-year-old accused in death released from UMC, booked into jail
Saul Williams Jr., 20, and Prentice Marshall, 18, were arrested in connection with the death of Metro Officer Trevor Nettleton. A 17-year-old boy also was arrested in Nettleson’s death.
Published Friday, Nov. 20, 2009 | 12:45 p.m.
Updated Friday, Nov. 20, 2009 | 5:43 p.m.
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- Three arrested in fatal shooting of Metro officer (11-19-2009)
Arrests made in officer's shooting
Three people have been arrested and charged with murder for the death of off-duty Metro Police Officer Trevor Nettleton. He was fatally shot in his garage in North Las Vegas during a shooting that officials are calling a "senseless" crime.
Trevor Nettleton
An 18-year-old North Las Vegas man has been released from University Medical Center after an alleged exchange of gunfire that left a Metro Police officer dead Thursday morning at his North Las Vegas home.
Prentice Marshall, 18, was booked into the North Las Vegas Detention Center, along with Saul Williams, Jr., 20. A 17-year-old boy also was arrested in the fatal shooting of 30-year-old Officer Trevor Nettleton, a three-year veteran at Metro. Gang charges have been added to all three.
Marshall left UMC about 7 a.m. today, police said. He has been charged with one count each of murder with a deadly weapon with a gang enhancement, conspiracy to commit robbery with a gang enhancement and attempted robbery with a deadly weapon.
About 12:10 a.m. Friday a 17-year-old boy was booked at the Clark County Juvenile Detention Center on one count each of murder with a deadly weapon with gang enhancement, attempted robbery with a weapon with gang enhancement and conspiracy to commit robbery, police said. Authorities weren't releasing his name or booking photo because of his age.
Authorities this afternoon said the 17-year-old boy will face the charges as an adult. He is expected to be transferred to the North Las Vegas Detention Center and booked on the adult charges.
Williams was booked into the North Las Vegas Detention Center on one count each of murder with a deadly weapon, conspiracy to commit robbery and attempted robbery with a deadly weapon. Detectives have since added the gang enhancement on the murder and attempted robbery charges.
He is survived by his wife, a 2-year-old boy and 2-month-old girl.
The three alleged gang members confronted Nettleton in his garage in the 1100 block of Emerald Stone Avenue near Lone Mountain Road and Donna Street shortly after midnight Thursday after the officer returned from working the swing shift. He was not in uniform and the garage door was open, police said.
Since the residence was in North Las Vegas, the North Las Vegas Police Department took the lead in the investigation of the deadly shooting, said North Las Vegas Police Chief Joseph Forti.
Clark County Sheriff Doug Gillespie, who has lost three police officers this year in the deadliest period in Metro Police history, is offering any resources necessary in the North Las Vegas Police investigation.
Visitation services have been scheduled from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday at Palm Mortuary, 6701 N. Jones Blvd. A short prayer vigil will occur at 6 p.m. Tuesday, lasting about 30 minutes.
A funeral Mass will take place at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton Roman Catholic Church, 1811 Pueblo Vista Drive.
Burial will follow at Palm Mortuary and Cemetery Northwest, 6701 N. Jones Blvd.
The Injured Police Officers Fund has opened an account for Nettleton's family at Nevada State Bank. The account number is 602027542.
The IPOF assists officers and their family members with expenses not covered by insurance for serious line-of-duty injuries or death.
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Nice mug shots. Almost exactly what I was expecting.
I do take exception with the "17 year old boy" statement. Sorry folks, he's an adult, perfectly able to make grown up decisions. Now I hope he is treated as such.
Condolences to the family and dept. The officer is a true hero. Unfortunately, society is only going to get worse...since ACORN can't possibly give jobs to ALL of these thugs.
Despicable animals. No other description is appropriate. Thank goodness Officer Nettleton got one of them. If it had been a fair fight, he probably would've gotten all four.
Semper Fidelis, Marine
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This is all because "da man" been holding them back, not giving them the opportunities they are entitled to. Well, they sure have lived up to their potential now. Maybe when they get to prison they will run into their "real daddy".
It sounds like the officer these vermin killed lived and died with the honor and courage of a real man. RIP, brother.
i completely agree car1 i think if any kids picks up a gun and kills anyone in a robery or commiting any crime is an adult he is an animal no matter what age. Withh all the other comments against cops thats whats wrong with america there is no respect given to authorities. If you say i hate cops cops suck then quite breaking the law jerk off. i am 28 years old have had the cops in my face twice want to know why cuz i was being a jerk its there job. Its there job because peaople wont and cant police themselves they will just hide these animals. You can see there profile on myspace all his friends are claiming this gang wood crap lets quite being cry babies and let the cops do preventive crime fighting if your claiming gang ties your doing 6 months today.
RIP to a great man that laid down his life to prevent these animals getting to his family.
Wondering if Marshall is related to Anthony Marshall who is a freshman on the UNLV basketball team. Both attended Mojave HS and the age would be right. If they are related it makes one wonder how they could have gone in such different paths despite having the same parental upbringing. I would think it would blow the old argument that the environment one was raised in determines how a person turns out. In reality, it still comes down to a personal choice whether you choose to go onto bigger things or decide to become a piece of garbage gang banger.
My condolences go out to the officer and his family.
Looks like baby daddy going to jail.
Two fin looking young gentlemen. I bet anything our taxes paid for the welfare that raised these two (CENSORED). There is a lot to be said for letting this low income trash starve on the streets so they cannot continue to breed.
Just like the Klan couldn't give you a job you bigot.
And to the previous commenter, why don't you be a man and say what you really wanted to say. Coward.
Typical outcome from the Las Vegas school system. I am so tired of these cowards. Instead of prison cant we let everyone beat them to death.
Life with no parole' And thats if there lucky not to get the death penalty. PS. DON'T DROP THE SOAP IN THE SHOWERS!
It is real easy for you clowns to just throw all kinds of stereotypes out. Look, I don't condone anything these 3 punks did. However, the comments on here are classless at best, and very revealing at worst. But then again, anyone can stick their chest out behind a faceless medium.
And to "DaMan" you are not a man you are a retard who cannot spell "The Man". Dropped out of
LV schools didn't you?
Do they deserve the death penalty? Of course they do. Do I sympathize with the family? Definitely. Were the perps cowards? Absolutely.
And by the way, to the person stating that "Da man" is holding people like myself back. I'm a real man; no one holds me back from a single thing. You sir are a little boy, being protected by your real daddy (the institution that is embedded in this country since its "founding").
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Hmmm you are funny. I have more intelligence in my pinky finger than your entire body.
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It is so easy for non-intellectuals to talk over this faceless medium; yet not a single one of you would say any of these things to my face. Not a single one!
I don't have an anger problem; I have a problem with cowards who talk tough over the internet but is feeble as tissue paper in person.
Oh I forgot; you infected her with your virus. It would be beneath me to sleep with such refuse.
Look - I did not come here to get into a pissing match with any of you. All I came here to do is address some of the hateful things some people say on the internet, and the stereotypes folk always make. I allowed the ignorance of some to get to me. My apologies to the other commenters. I should have shown restraint. It is a tragedy this young man lost his life. That is the most important thing.
These two thugs made their own sterotype. Don't blame anyone on this thread for calling these losers like they are. It was thier actions, and people are upset with them. Its justified.
What a wonderful tribute to Officer Nettleton the last several comments have been. Unbelievable.
TO THE SUN: Do you know of a memorial fund that has been or will be set up for the family? I hope so, and please, everyone, donate generously. Thank you.
Johnny the problem is they probably came from here. I dont like them any more than you do but this is what is being raised by this segment of society and they are reproducing like bunnies. So we will continue to see more and more of this. It is very sad.
DaMan,
I understand that you are angry and outraged at the perceived "opression" that you suffer which (according to you) is inherent in
"(the institution that is embedded in this country since its "founding").
Get over it already. It was 225 years ago. Let it go. The victims were people you didn't know and who probably would have just robbed you and killed you in your own garage anyway.
Rub your earlobes and repeat after me "GOOOOOS FRAAAABAAA". There. Now don't you feel better?
These examples of sub-human garbage are created by the welfare/you-owe-me-because-once-upon-a-time-people-who-look-like-me-were-slaves system and mentality people like you put in their heads.
A conversation with an angry person like you about a topic such as race would only result in the physical manifestation of the anger you have portrayed thus far in writing, making any intelligent debate or discussion highly unlikely, end up with you injured and/or in jail, and thus repeat the cycle of "da man" holding you down.
Turn off your "Best of Tupac" CD and go buy a Zen garden or a nice windchime.
Hi lawabidingcitizen, a fund has been set up for the family. We have added that information to the story. Thank you.
Thank you, Tim.
Obviously, most of this "gang problem" has migrated from Los Angeles, San Bernardino and Riverside Counties.
More than 10 years ago, the Los Angeles City Attorney started getting "anti-gang injunctions" against known gang members doing just about anything but staying in their own homes. I know it sounds very unconstitutional, but so far the California and Federal courts have upheld them.
Piling on to the "anti-gang injunctions" has been criminal code legislation allowing District Attorneys to send gang members away to jail, for a very long, long time, for committing a crime while subject to such an injunction. Here, it seems like gang members get off scott free until they actually kill someone.
It's time for Metro and out other local police departments to take a serious look at whether this sort of anti-gang injunction program, combined with the related send-them-to-jail-before-they-kill laws would be of use in protecting both members of law enforcement and the general public.
Either that or pass a Texas style "you can shoot them if they come on your property" law.
Either way, the tools available to Clark County law enforcement are not working when you have teenaged gang members roaming around with guns, and little if any means of preventing them from killing people.
Remember that innocent boy, a teacher's son, who was shot to death by 2 gang affiliates, while walking home from high school in Summerlin? Clearly these problems are not confined to "North Las Vegas".
yaa...north las vegas just has a "stigma", right?
if you vote democrat, you killed this officer by letting animals like this walk the streets.
you bleeding heart liberals are ruining this country.
there is virtually no deterrent to crime for young people and their crimes just escalate and escalate until finally...they kill someone.
These sh!tbirds were out looking for someone to victimize, just as they probably had countless times before and suffered no repercussions. This time they came across the wrong "victim" who fought back and put some rounds into one of them.
Refuse to be a victim. Your families and friends are counting on it.
This guy made a couple mistakes.
First this gentleman was begging to get rob no one in their right mind leave their garage door open at midnight he put his family lives in danger. Second when he realized he slipped and these guys had the jump on him all he had to do was let them know he was a police officer and give them his little paper, car or whatever.. More then likely they would have left once he informed them he was in law enforcement. No one wants that type of trouble..Trust me they might of apologized and kept it moving..Gang members respect law enforcement more then law enforcement respect them..Nothing personal nothing racist..I hear all you gun ho guys talking about I would have did this and I would have done that but if you slip and you try to play a movie role you will get shot and unlike the movies you probably will die .So word to the wise dont slip and if you do play it cool ,cooperate and live to raise your children.. or RIP...
Ir's laughable that certain people equate liberalism to high crime rate. Look at this list and you will see that the red states hold the top 5 of the top 6 ranking in violent crime rates (excluding D.C): http://www.cga.ct.gov/2008/rpt/2008-R-03...
Well, well, well. Color me surprised. I was sure that these young men were going to have been of Scandinavian descent. Just like I was shocked that the guy who shot up Ft. Hood was a Muslim. Man, I need to get my stereotype-dar checked out. Gotta go now, though, I'm late for my driving lessons with Mr. Wong.
Thank you officer for your service to our communiy. I pray for your wife and children. May your children grow up knowing right from wrong. I assume no one took the time to teach the young thugs that took your life!!!
@ wildwestlv, JohnnyTwoFingaz, car_1, casey007, shutyertrap, vc, shelby, Ds_Gentle_Master, JohnnyTwoFingaz, redneck43
We have seen many of these types of (CENSORED) thugs, trash, types during our lifetime. Here is a short list of those types of (CENSORED) people that I can think of at the moment:
Columbine Boys - Eric Harris & Dylan Klebold- The two Bad (CENSORED) thugs, trash of Columbine High- Murdered 16+ teens and 1 School Teacher
Jim Jones- Murdered 900+ people
Timothy J. McVeigh- Murdered 168 people
Jeffrey Dahmer - Murdered 16 people people
Ted Bundy- Murdered 23 people
Charles Manson- Murdered 9 people
John Gasey - Murdered 100's of people
Andrew Kehoe 45 people (37 were children)
Richard Falco - Son of Sam murdered 6 people
Jack Gilbert Graham- Murdered 44 people
David Burke- Murdered 43 people
Martin Bryant- Murdered 35 people
George Jo Hennard- Murdered 23 people
James Oliver Huberty- Murdered 21 people
Charles Whitman- Murdered 18 people
Pat Sherrill- Murdered 14 people
James Edward Pough- Murdered 10 people
Susan Smith- Murdered 2 (her own children)
Wow...There are many ignorant people in Las Vegas, Nevada...criminals come in all shapes, sizes and colors. Your next door neighbor who looks just like you could be a criminal. The above short list is my proof.
jeez, yeah, what a completely out of control thread. You Klansters have a chapter here in Vegas too?
Again, my condolences the the family. Your hearts have been ripped out by the dregs of society; their color is immaterial.
gmag, thank you for a voice of reason and a voice of true empathy and sympathy.
Race, politics and religion have nothing to do with it.
A good man has been killed. His family has suffered a terrible loss. We all mourn his passing and we all send our thoughts and prayers to his family.
Ds_Gentle: watch out because you're going to be accused of fostering hate crimes. Telling the truth in Obamaland will soon be a crime.
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I like the idea of following the evidence - a lot better idea than going after some young men or to make assumptions about a police officer who has served us all! May he rest in peace - may justice be done! May you all be the best that you can be in real life and give up the nastiness of this site.
NedtheRed: I follow your logic. This never would have happened if we only had paid reparations for slavery.
All three suspects, if convicted, appear to be death penalty-qualified. It is a social interest to incapacitate these three, and deter anyone else from perpetrating violence upon a police officer. However, while exceptionally courageous, the law enforcement profession is not above reproach when it comes to violence. I pray for the Nettleton Family during this time of grief.
Hey mikegino: If by your logic then over the last 2000 years everybody should have gotten a check. But i guess that some people just say no to being a victim' There the winners in life not people that think like you. JUST SAY NO TO BEING WEAK MINDED IN LIFE MIKE YOU WILL FEEL ALOT BETTER ABOUT YOURSELF IN THE MORNING.
Sometimes the staff closes comments - this would be a good place - there is enough trash already here to fill quite a few dumpsters!
"...This guy made a couple mistakes.
First this gentleman was begging to get rob no one in their right mind leave their garage door open at midnight he put his family lives in danger. Second when he realized he slipped and these guys had the jump on him all he had to do was let them know he was a police officer and give them his little paper, car or whatever.. More then likely they would have left once he informed them he was in law enforcement. No one wants that type of trouble..Trust me they might of apologized and kept it moving..Gang members respect law enforcement more then law enforcement respect them..Nothing personal nothing racist..I hear all you gun ho guys talking about I would have did this and I would have done that but if you slip and you try to play a movie role you will get shot and unlike the movies you probably will die .So word to the wise dont slip and if you do play it cool ,cooperate and live to raise your children.. or RIP......"
This is written by a "gang member...?". No,
IT'S WRITTEN BY A PERVERTED LUNATIC MORON ASP-HOLE...!
YOU STUPID PIECE OF HUMAN GARBAGE.
WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BEND OVER AND TAKE OUR LICKS? IS THAT IT?
THESE USELESS PIECES OF HUMAN FILTH (ALLEGEDLY)
KILLED THIS MAN
IN HIS OWN GARAGE.
HOW DO YOU KNOW, UNLESS YOU WERE THERE, WHAT HAPPENED, WHAT WENT DOWN, YOU MORON.
THEY (ALLEGEDLY) MURDERED THIS MAN IN COLD BLOOD.
AND YOU SAY "ThEy ShOuLd HaVe Had A CoNvErSaTiOn???"
WHAT METHAMPHETAMINE LAB DO YOU OPERATE?
WHAT CRACK ARE YOU ON?
DIDN'T GET YOUR FIX TODAY?
AND YOU SAY: "TRUST YOU????"
USE A LITTLE IMAGINATION OF WHAT I WOULD DO TO YOU IF YOU EVER CAME INTO MY GARAGE TO TRY TO MURDER ME...!
We wouldn't be having a CoNvErSaTiOn...
Bet on it.
The nuts are out in full force again. If anything these comments are more entertaining than enlightening. Well, actually alarming to know how many lunatics I live in the same city with. Whether this was a cop or a janitor, the fact that little punks like this are brazen enough to try and pull off a crime like this is EVERYONE's worst nightmare. Not to mention one of those punks just got out of jail. Jail just isnt a deterrence, it has become a place of higher learning for criminals.
RIP Marine. Simper Fi.
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It's true. My black men are killing other black men and others. So, so, so many black men in prison. We HAVE to start making better choices. I am ashamed of these men and their representation of my race. Remember black people, rarely is your good represented and your bad will always be highlighted.
Think before you act!!!
RIP Officer and may God bless your family!!
The mug shots remind me of the last time I went to an NBA game and was approached by a similar group that wanted to watch the car for $10 -- if you didn't pay they'd "key" it while you were enjoying the game -- while returning to his car following a game my brother was met by a capitalist holding a brick wanting $20 for protecting his car from falling bricks during the game, he paid vowing never to return.
We need an NBA stadium.
Relieved suspects were apprehended.
Again, condolence to the family.
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sandiegodamunvegas,
I realize these low-lifes are probably your "boys", hence the ridiculous post about giving turds like you whatever you want if you catch us "slipping" (apparently the ebonic term for trying to live like a civilized human being as opposed to an animal), and you are probably used to victimizing people who will not defend themselves, hence making the life of a criminal "gangsta" that much easier (because after all, who the h3ll wants to actually work for a living??), but be careful. That "mark" you think you catch "slipping" just might decide to catch YOU slipping. I look forward to the day one of you try to come and take my "little paper, car or whatever.. ".
I hope that if I am ever in this officer's situation that I am half as strong as he was, and hope the people who learn about his story decide not to allow you and yours to dictate the manner in which they will live out their lives.
Go crawl back under your rock, maggot.
One news article this afternoon mentioned that one of the defendants lived near this police officer. My gut instinct tells me that there might have been some prior altercation in the neighborhood, and that this policeman was targeted.
The other distinct possibility is that this was a gang initiation hit, where the decedent was the target of a gang member's ire, and two young gang banger wannabes, wanting to come up in the ranks of the gang, had to kill at the direction of their gang's leader.
My bet is that the stoned looking 20 year old was the driver, instigating the younger ones to do the shooting.
God bless and my sympathies to the whole Metro family including Officer Nettleton's wife, parents and children.
A serious suggestion to the editors: does it do any good to have comment threads open on stories like this? Are the page hits worth it? Post the link to the police fund and stop there; let these people exercise their right to free speech on white power hate site and the like, rather than tarnishing your paper by tacitly approving the most odious racism.
I try, against great odds, to think well of my fellow Americans--and this ain't helpin'....
@cynical this was not a gang initiation.Allmost all black gangs beat you up in order to join.I know alot the gang, these guy's were from,A couple of months ago they robbed a buddy of mine's for over 3 thosand in cash.alot of the shootings that has happend in the valley have been by this gang if i'm not mistaken the guy who shot up the buss stop a while back was from the same gang and also remember the guy that was on news shooting at someone while holding a cup in his hand at the same time at stop and shop in north las vegas was also from the same gang..This gang main crime is robbing and shooting.There main hood is between lake mead to the south carey to the north mlk to the west and h street to the east..
I would love to see them all hang. I would even be in first row to watch them hang. No prison for them, eliminate this kind of trash from the earth.
These punks need to be thrown into a cell with members of a rival gang. There is NO defense for what they did. God bless the good folks at Metro and NLVPD.
There goes their future in rap music.
@bakersfield That's a good ideal put them in a cell with a rival gangmember I bet we would see how tuff they really are.With out a gun most gangmembers are scary little punks just like the racist caliguynvegas...
what are you gutless freaks going to do about it? are you going to get off your fat asses to change things? you guys dont have enough energy to learn how to spell. thats right, change the channel and see if something better is on.
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what gang were they in
POWERPLAYER: I was pointing out Ned the Red's twisted logic. The only reparations I'm in favor of are one-way tickets to the slammer, you fool.
The posts here are just crazy! I would have loved to read more posts about how sorry everyone is to hear about this, say prayers for his wife and children that are now left without him and more people should be commenting on the donation they have given to the POD fund. Please put his entire family in your thoughts and prayer and remember that you could loose someone in your family at any moment and how would you feel? it doesnt matter if these guys are black white asian whatever, they are criminals and HOPEFULLY the justice system will work to the benefit of trevors family. the metro police have lots a few recently and this is just another sad tragic event. trevor may have only shot one and we dont know how it all went down, but ooh rah to at least getting one of them!! he was a wonderful man, and great friend to many and a proud marine and cop. NOW SHUT UP WITH THE NEGATIVE COMMENTS
There should be no question, all of these individuals should be tried as ADULTS.