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Gregory Hover and Richard Freeman
Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2010 | 11 a.m.
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- New details emerge in slaying of Hooters casino waitress (2-11-10)
- 2 charged in shooting husband, wife linked to Hooters server’s death (2-18-10)
- Man arrested in home invasion arraigned on murder charge (2-17-10)
- Second man arrested in shooting of Las Vegas couple (2-12-10)
- Suicide attempt delays hearing for legal runner accused in shootings (2-10-10)
- Police: Legal runner returned to home, shot husband and wife (2-8-10)
- Police release photos in case of casino worker found dead (1-29-10)
- Police: Body found in abandoned car likely missing casino worker (1-19-10)
Two men facing 12 felony counts in connection with the murder of a Hooters casino waitress were arraigned this morning in Las Vegas Justice Court.
Gregory Hover, 38, and Richard Freeman, 18, appeared briefly with their attorneys for an arraignment hearing in front of Las Vegas Justice of the Peace Joseph Sciscento in connection with the kidnapping, sexual assault and murder of 21-year-old Prisma Contreras.
Contreras’ family reported her missing Jan. 14 after she failed to return home from work at the Mad Onion restaurant at Hooters. Boulder City Police officers found her blue 2006 Jeep Liberty with Nebraska license plates the next day. The vehicle had been burned and Contreras’ body was inside, police said.
Additional details about Contreras’ abduction and death were outlined in a Metro Police arrest report released Friday.
Last week, police announced a link between the men, who were already in custody on other charges, and Contreras’ murder. Hover and Freeman were being held on charges stemming from a violent home invasion 11 days after Contreras was slain.
Police allege that Hover, a process server, shot two people on Jan. 25 at a house he had visited earlier in the day looking for a man Hover said owed $10,000 in a civil matter.
Police say Hover shot both of the home’s occupants — Julio Romero, 64, and his wife, Roberta — before stealing a number of valuables.
While Freeman waited in the car, Hover allegedly shot Julio Romero dead, then robbed Roberta Romero at gunpoint before forcing her into a bedroom closet while he raided the dresser drawers.
While Roberta Romero was in the closet, the intruder opened the door and shot her in the face. She survived but remains hospitalized, authorities said.
Police said the duo is suspected in a number of other crimes, including a series of armed robberies, in a spree that dates back to at least late 2009.
Hover and Freeman are being held without bail in the Clark County Detention Center. Preliminary hearings in both cases are scheduled for March 11.
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