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StumblePolice arrest 2 more in fatal shooting of Metro officer
Investigators say they’ve likely recovered the weapon used in shooting
Emmitt Ferguson and Quadrae Scott
Published Sunday, Nov. 22, 2009 | 9:08 p.m.
Updated Sunday, Nov. 22, 2009 | 10:23 p.m.
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- Police: 3 arrested in officer’s death have gang ties (11-20-2009)
- Three arrested in fatal shooting of Metro officer (11-19-2009)
Trevor Nettleton
North Las Vegas Police arrested two more teenagers Sunday in the death of a Metro Police officer killed last week at his North Las Vegas home.
Quadrae Scott and Emmitt Ferguson, both 18, of North Las Vegas, were booked into the North Las Vegas Detention Center at about 8:15 p.m. Sunday.
Scott was arrested in connection with one count each of murder with a deadly weapon with a gang enhancement, attempted robbery with a deadly weapon with a gang enhancement and conspiracy to commit robbery. Ferguson was arrested in connection with one count of accessory to murder after the fact.
North Las Vegas Police on Sunday evening also announced that investigators believe they have recovered the gun used to fatally shoot Officer Trevor Nettleton early Thursday morning at his home. Authorities are awaiting confirmation from ballistics testing.
Detectives on Sunday said two others arrested in the case, Prentice Marshall, 18, and a 17-year-old boy whose name hasn't been released, will face an additional charge of robbery with a deadly weapon in connection with a separate robbery that allegedly occurred less than an hour before the shooting that killed Nettleton. In that earlier incident, authorities say an 18-year-old North Las Vegas resident was robbed at gunpoint in the area of Cheyenne and Simmons roads.
The 17-year-old boy will be charged as an adult in Nettleton's death.
Also arrested in the case was Saul Williams Jr., 20, charged with one count each of murder with a deadly weapon, conspiracy to commit robbery and attempted robbery with a deadly weapon. Authorities added a gang enhancement on the murder and attempted robbery charges.
The 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 work. He was not in uniform and the garage door was open, police said.
Visitation services have been scheduled from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday at Palm Mortuary, 6701 N. Jones Blvd. A prayer vigil is scheduled at 6 p.m. Tuesday.
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.
Nettleton is survived by his wife, a 2-year-old boy and 2-month-old girl.
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remember when the television stations all used to say "It's Eleven O'Clock, do you know where your children are"? Most people don't supervise their kids anymore.
Excellent Police Work by N.Vegas & Metro to bring these loosers to justice. You wont want me on the this Jury...
Please dont call them "TEENAGERS" because they are 18 therfore they are "ADULTS" and should be tried as such.
There's only one "o" in loser, loser!
A good man murdered by a pack of mad dogs.
String them up, in public, the only reason the death penalty doesen't do it's job is that thugs like this have never seen an execution.
MelROSE....... The only family I feel sorry for is the family of Officer Nettleton. I feel sorry for the individual that was robbed at gun point earliar in the evening. I feel sorry for officer Nettleton's wife and the small children that will never know their father. I feel sorry for Officer Nettletons mother and father and the rest of his family because they lost someone in the prime of his life. I feel sorry for the citizens of North Las Vegas because they will have to pay for the trial to put these low life scumbags away for life. I feel sorry for the people in the state of Nevada that pay the taxes to house these low life scumbags while in prison for the rest of their life. I feel sorry for all the hard working, honest black people in this community that may be type casted because of this crime. I don't feel sorry for these scumbags families because I find it hard to believe that there was no signs that this may happen. When your child belongs to a gang and is out late at night, you can't be that stupid to think that nothing is going on.
Oh what to get for christmas for a young 18 year old copkiller. Soap on a rope is aways appropriate in situations like this. I can imagine the sparkle in the eyes of the hard core prison lifer upon seeing young fresh 18 year olds being introduced into the prision population. No pushing and shoving now, there's plenty to go around
Their Mamas will all come forward to apprise us all of the fact that their boys are good boys. That just last week they were in church, that they helped the old people in their neighborhood, They read to the blind and they volunteer at the old folks home and on and on and on. It is not their fault that they were caught killing a cop. They deserve a 2nd chance. Me thinks these crummy little turds have been in the system before. I'll bet this was a gang initiation for Squad-Up, or the Crips or one of those other malignant groups. Very little parenting going on in the ghetto folks. Nothing but self pity and bad examples. These lil pukes killed a good man and now we have to take care of his kids and wife for a long long time. On top of that we have to hire 5 lawyers and maybe 90 jurors and 5 judges and a lot of money to get them convicted and eventually jailed. This is the example O J Simpson set for all ghetto kids.
Vegasblogger, you posted it before me but
the acting police deparemts and investigators
did an excellent job of finding these people
within 24 hours. I am sure they didn't have much
to go on but, "4 black guys running." GREAT JOB
POLICE DEPARMENTS on protecting our
streets.
Two more outstanding citizens.. whats with the Buckwheat look? The other one looks like a Raggedy Ann and Andy doll. Not very tough looking lol..
Comment removed by me. What I think of these soon to be pillow biters would never make it int print.
My prayers are with the officer's family.
Another 5 pieces of trash off the streets, but as we know there are millions more to take their place. I just don't understand their mentality.
First of all, these gigantic mugshots of the Sun's are generating inflammatory commentary by the white rednecks and will just lead to further bigotry, hatred and bloodshed.
Secondly, these teens are not the ROOT of the problem. They're just pimples on the face of the real societal issue. Pop the pimples. Is the problem gone? NOPE. Until the African American community as a whole and society in general decides to seriously address the myriad issues of Gangs, single-parent families, poverty, racial conflict, et.al, we'll be poppin' pimples til' the end of time with no apparent effect on our overall complexion.
Thank you to the NLVPD for working hard to capture these murderers. I pray our justice system doesn't fail us again and these men are off the streets forever. Jury members please be swift and up hold the law to the fullest extent. His murder is a horrible reminder of the filth we live with around us.
Trev was a wonderful man full of life and love for his family. He was a Hero... luckily this Hero will live on forever in our memories and through his children. RIP Trevor!
IS IT TOO LATE TO BRING BACK THE "DEATH PENALTY"?
NO APPEALS.
THE JURY HAS COME BACK WITH A VERDICT.
ONE EVERY HOUR ON THE HOUR FOR EVERYONE IN "DEATH ROW".
EMPTY OUT DEATH ROW
WE WON'T NEED TO BUILD MORE PRISONS THEN.
Typical trash.
Whst?? No jibberish from the Cop Haters and the super liberals who will start spouting off that these young men had awful childhoods, blah blah blah?
My prayers are with the Officer's family.
what gang were they in
gmag,
They'll never seriously address the issues, because that would require taking responsibility, and as we all know none of this is their fault.
gmag, I appreciate your viewpoint but the facts are much simpler..... people are tired of all the social experiments gone wrong.
The Politicians have watered the system down so much it is impotent. The dregs always fall through.
While I can see your point that these young men have been failed by others; where was anybody that night that said, "no, this is a bad idea".
These young men deserve everything coming their way. That light at the end of the tunnel is a freight train.
The entire thug experience is glorifed and glossed over by hip-hop and rap. The role models are few and far in between.
Your post elicits "white guilt" yet nobody is talking about "black guilt" or for that matter where is Jesse Jackson or Al Sharpton denouncing these thugs? Oh, they must be having lunch with Tawana Brawley.
as much as i despise metro, this is a sad tradgedy. this is something that should have never happened.
i do wonder, if this officer had a run in with a gang member and they sought him out.
rest in peace officer, there are no ghetto turds where you are now so you can rest in peace. thank you for your service as a united states marine.
Ok, folks, here is the real skinny - most of the time blacks kill other blacks - to get whitey is a bit unusual. One explanation is that their lives are so devalued that to kill another black is to destroy another person who is worthless. This is a tragedy of the first order for everybody. Pray for the officer's family and for the officer's journey into the future. Pray for our perverted society that is unable to resolve our many problems. God bless all of you - whether you are filled with hate or love!
Precisely where is the outrage in the black community over the virtual wholesale destruction of so many of their offspring? Witness "Precious" and these ambassadors of excellence in human development! WHAT IS THIS? Where are the community leaders and persons of quality vis-a-vis tragic cases of colossal ignorance and pure evil which resides around us in examples such as these? Finally, PLEASE, PLEASE, Mr. District Attorney: Do not ask for the death penalty for these most deserving canidates....we simply cannot afford the endless enrichment of the legal community defending tripe such as this fabulous five. Gangs are for cowards who need numbers to raise their exceptionally low bar. Those with gang affiliation should (as those with weapons) be given a bonus everytime they commit a crime...then maybe the "reward" of gang affiliation will price itself at too high a cost...even for the most ignorant.
i could just rant about these low-lifes but, instead i will post this and it is on topic because a part of this problem is poverty.
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Please start sharing this with everyone you know.
@dodgerchuck there from a gang called the wood.There hood is on the west side off of hasel and j st.That gang has been involed in quite a few shootings and murders and alot of robberys that has been on the news for the past couple of years metro will probley crack down on them hard now.What get's me is how fast metro solved this I wonder was it because it was one of there own.What ever the case I'm quite sure metro and nlv has saved a few other people from beeing robbed in that area seems like those guys were starting to go on a robbiing spree.WIth the ecomany the way it is and seeing that most felony's cant get a job right now expect the crime rate to be much higher.It's never a good thing but what do you expect when they cant find a job and you need somewhere to stay,plus you got a family to feed!you dont work you dont eat so some people feel that's when you start to take.you people better arm yourself's and sometimes that's not good enough what can you do with a gun in your face....
Society can not repair all of its problems. It's parents that have to take responsibility for raising good kids. As long as baby daddy is no where to be found and mama dont care this is what you will have.
WIth the ecomany the way it is and seeing that most felony's cant get a job right now expect the crime rate to be much higher.It's never a good thing but what do you expect when they cant find a job and you need somewhere to stay,plus you got a family to feed!you dont work you dont eat so some people feel that's when you start to take.
Even when the economy was good, the gangbangers STILL didn't have jobs unless you consider selling crack, stolen property, etc a job. That IS their job - being a gang banger. It is like that in any big city in this country. And why should they work - their mommas are collecting welfare so they probably live off of her and other relatives and other gangbangers.
well for some people wellfare aint enough,also the laws have changed, you can only get wellfare for so long.Ontop of that women get wellfare not the man.Look just face the facts as long as you have people who cant find work you will have people getting robbed,yea when the ecomany was good people still robbed, thsoe were more then likely people who dident even want to work in the first place drug addicts, and crimnals now you have to deal with people who have no choice are, who feel they have no choice but to robb.They dont know where to turn to for help,are they feel no one wants to help them,so they do what they know best and that's take what's yours..Ps The best way not to become a victim is to allway's pay attention to what's going on around you...
I still beleive we should bring back the stock and pillory. That being said, Throw in public canning while your at it. These animals would think twice before destroying other peoples lives, Many of them have rap sheets longer than their age before the slap on the wrist stops.
I am not surprised at all the racial comments. I mean, yes it's a tragic situation but I don't think the officer being white was the cause - and keep in mind that men, women, children die every single day. And then for you guys to say ghetto and single parent, etc. that's just f$^@$^@^ absurd. There are million of single white females who are single parents raising children below poverty guidelines. YOU PEOPLE AMAZE ME - Maybe it's a Vegas thing! Yes there are a lot of ignorant comments as well as folks on here and in the world in my opinion. Nevertheless some of these comments are divided on race alone. I think when bad people set out to rob or kill someone, they don't normally look at the color per say. They look at how easy the target is and whether or not they think they can get something worthwhile without anyone witnessing their crime. I'm sure these idiots didn't set out to pick a "white guy", he just happened to be a convenient target which could have been you or me. So if you going to comment - At least make common sesne and elminate the racial rhetoric. For heavens sakes
How hard would it be to give a corrects officer a shotgun and just open up each door at death row / maximum security wing and shoot the offender to death? Everyone complains that the death penalty is too expensive. When I rule, it will run $0.50 for the shotgun shell.
CityCenterGirl
Good points. It may not have been a "racial" killing or robbery. But I doubt that.
Howesver, I remember several years ago, a man was shot and killed while coming home from working second shift at one of the casinos. The guy was on Loan Mountain Road and, I believe, Decatur - just a few blocks from home, when some ****heads came by and purposely shot and killed him. I believe this victim was a Marine who served in Vietnam. Metro caught the trash quite quickly around Decatur and Craig Road. Upon further investigation, turns out theyu both had been drinking at the home of one of the guy's mothers and were bragging on how they were going to go out and shoot a white man. And they did.
I don't care if they are white,black,yellow,brown or whatever! Male or female, There needs to be a more aggressive deterent to this lack of sub human behavior. Why have the death penalty if your not going to use it?
first of all none of us know what really happend.for all we know the officer could of pulled out his gun when he heard them and when the gummen seen the officer with the gun he could of shot the suspect,then the other guy shot the officer!The death pently dosent stop crime, every state that uses the death pently still has murders,so what does that stop nothing.And for you people that's trying to make evrything racists (more then likely because you are)The under age suspect is not black so you racists can stick to what you do best is be racists behind closed doors and posting dumb comments in the saftey of your own home your the real punks or should I say cowards.
Bunch of irresponsible idiots. How pathetic is one's life when your night revolves around robbing somebody?
LOSERS
LOSERS
Glad there wasn't a Mexican Involved with this story then all the haters would be hating on us Mexicans !!
Oh WAIT A MINUTE !!! On photo 5/5 AT The top of this page there appears to be a "non black" who was arrested today with the rest of these thugs, he appears to be an Arab, maybe a terrorist !!
Black.Brown.Yellow.White.Purple.Blue.Green. I don't care what color their skin is or what color skin Trevor had... those thugs M-U-R-D-E-R-E-D a man in his HOME. With his wife and children only steps away. My feelings would be no different if white trash and shot a black man in his home. Trash is trash no matter how you color it.
When are parents going to wake up and realize that we are raising MEN and WOMEN to be part of society. If we start at a young age to teach our children what is acceptable and what is not, these MEN and WOMEN will learn to provide a better life for themselves. If we raise our children to be hard workers, honest and respect each other, we wouldn't have this type of senseless murder every single day. This man was hard working, raising his son to be the same. I have a son not much older than Tanner and I will do whatever it takes to keep him on the straight and narrow. As a parent, I must lead by example. Every parent out there should do the same. Teach your children to get up and go to work everyday, how to put food on the table and love their family.
Let's see, roaming around the neighborhoods looking for victims. They were carrying guns, which mean they were after something and willing to use the guns to get what they wanted and instead they find a cop that is armed as well. They kill him and I say we kill them back. For those that think the death penalty doesn't work "you are wrong" there has not been one person that has been executed that has killed anyone else. So it does work, it may not scare everyone but it does work.
I think it "works" when you get around to using it!
America On Line just published today the top 10 most dangerous cities in America based upon violent crime: murder, rape, assault/battery, etc...all ten of the cities were citites that are predominately black people....why is this?? because blacks are very dangerous and violent. This is not a prejudicial statement, it is a statement of fact. A statement based upon TRUTH and statistics. The majority of blacks are people that are bad for society because they refuse to follow the rules of society. They do poorly in school when they are young, they are lazy and don't like to work, and they are very loud, dangerous and violent...these are factual statements based upon statistics....I feel sorry for the "good" blacks who have to deal with the prejudice and backlash from the behaviors of their brothers; but that prejudice is not based upon ignorance it is based upon truth...no one fears Whites,Chinese or Mexicans walking down the street, but people always fear and expect the worse from a black person becuase they are loud, agressive, violent, dangerous people.
all the death penalty is,is a eye for a eye other then that it solves nothing!People are still going to kill,you may still become a victim of a crime.I however do belive some people deserve the death pentaly but that's only out of anger and that solves nothing..
@ dgump so what does that have to do with las vegas vegas has a high crime rate but yet only a small amount of black people.As far as the city's with mostley black people acount for most of the crime of course they would why, beacause it a predominately black city!! dummy
Nobody want's to admit their baby is ugly, It takes a village.
tysuave you're wrong it does too solve something,,,it solves that person from ever killing anyone else again. I would much rather have my tax dollars spent on kids in school then to support some killing piece of crap in prison for 30 to 40 years. And since these buttwipes are kinda young we will be paying for them for a long time. Let's see how tough these killing pieces of crap are when they are sentenced. But then again prison is sometimes nothing more than a big family reunion to some people.
I am from Texas and if these thugs pulled this shi* there, they would have a fast trak ticket to the death chamber, Until we get someone in office with some cajunas and is not afraid of being politically incorect this will happen again. Why does this state like harboring vioent criminals ? this is no different than harboring illegals.
getalife;
I agree for the most part with your post.
However, you should re-read mine. There are no excuses for these dudes...there done. It's not about white guilt. It's largely about the African American community taking ownership of their kids. WE ALL need to take ownership of our children. There's a lot of young monsters out there, and they are not all black, by a stretch.
@armoryguy I agree with you for the most part,but like I said that's not allway's the answer sometimes in life some people make the wrong decissions so do we kill them for that?I read somewhere that the father said not all of them deserve the death penalty,and it was his son who was killed some people expresley if you are a true christen learn to forgive people.I wonder who manny people that say they are christens belive in the death penalty!
Where do I sign up?
lo and behold...
an ADRIAN PENA is also arrested.
http://lasvegassun.com/news/2009/nov/23/...
You people crack me up.. Everyone trying to be so politically correct.. Sorry folks but facts are facts.. Blacks are 12-13 % of the population of this country and commit 88 -92 % of all violent crime.. The way it is...Now start calling me racist...Geesh !!!
I just sobbed when they showed Officer Nettleton's stepfather on the news, describing how his stepson staggered into the house and collapsed in front of his family. Heartbreaking.
You know i work with troubled kids but more and more I'm thinking we should just executed cleary guilty people in public.. the problem is we also execute so many inocent people we really cant....but i no when justice is swift and certain people tend to think twice..if those guy thought they would be executed on the street as soon as they were caught....we might less of theses guys
Looks like these three homies picked the wrong guy to rob. Too bad they weren't the ones dead. Would have saved the NV taxpayers a fortune.
blacks can't take care of their kids because the progressives have allowed welfare to replace the traditional role of the fathers. it didn't used to be this way. 40 years ago blacks had nuclear families. my how things have changed.
their degenerate culture continues to perpetuate the problem on a new generation.
this is the problem we are facing nationally now. thanks libs.
oh yea i know rino's have enabled it as well so thanks are in order to them too.
Your politicians have sold out society. Everyone has to be politically correct. There is a very simple solution to this situation. Allow these thugs to go to trial then if found guilty they should be executed without the long appeal process. I don't care if they are 8, 18 or 80, they killed a productive, good human being. That being said these thugs will never amount to anything. Their sole mission in life is to rob, rape, steal, murder or whatever they can to satisy their own thrist for misery. Believe me with Obama as President you are going to see more and more of this type of violence. The attitude is YOU OWE ME. I don't owe you anything. My sisters and I were raised by my mother who was a housekeeper working for minimum wage. The only thing I owe you is nothing.
Nice hair pansies. It will make a good handle/anchor for your new buddies in prison.
Until the African American community as a whole and society in general decides to seriously address the myriad issues of Gangs, single-parent families, poverty, racial conflict, et.al, we'll be poppin' pimples til' the end of time with no apparent effect on our overall complexion.
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Unfortunately, it's already too widespread. I've watched my people erode over the past 44 years and my heart just aches.
CityCenterGirl:
Why are you taking these rants personally?
White folks are terrified these days. what with the Hispanic MS-13 gang and the Black gangs preying on them. The police are afraid of minority gangs too. A black gang attacks a white man and the police raid the Hell's Angels. What sense does that make. If you are one of the 12 1/2 percent that claims to be black and if you have a child, pay close attention to that child's friends and don't let the kid intimidate you. Raise him/her right and tell your friends to do the same. That goes for all the white people too.
Intill the urban youth start to feel like they have the chances, in life like everyone else things will never change.Face it no matter how you look at it most inner city youth feel like they have no one to go to for help so they tend to fend for thereselfs.Dad is not around mom is strugling takeing care of the bills,and you want to fit in with the rest of the kids with the nice clothes,shoes,cell phone etc...You try to look for a job and do things the right way but were not hireing is not getting you what you need!You go to one of the guy's you hang around with some times and tell him how he feels and then he tells him about, how he and the homies been comeing up on money by robbing people and there going tonight then he lets him know he can come with them if he likes it's easy and fast money those are all the words it takes next thing you know he's in the car...Now that's how easy it is to get caught up and end up paying for it for the rest of your life...Not everyone is a monster or a bad person just some people make the wrong choice in life....
Why is it always "he made a bad choice"? or like the lawyers always say "he made a bad decision"?
No such thing as a bad "choice" or bad "decision". That's just get over BS for breakin' the law. Call it what it is for crissakes. They are breakin' the law , not making bad choices. A bad choice is an blue shirt and a green tie.