Man charged in hit-and-run incident on Strip

Wednesday, July 28, 2010 | 3:28 p.m.

Metro police

Chris Scott Kiser

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Map of Jimmy Buffet's Margaritaville

3555 S. Las Vegas Boulevard, Las Vegas

Metro Police said Chris Scott Kiser, the man arrested in connection with a hit-and-run Monday night on the Las Vegas Strip, has been charged with several misdemeanors.

Police said Kiser drove his black pickup truck onto a sidewalk at 7:20 p.m. Monday in front of Margaritaville Las Vegas, 3555 Las Vegas Boulevard South, and struck three pedestrians before leaving the scene.

All three pedestrians were transported to UMC Trauma, but none of them had life-threatening injuries, according to Lt. Dennis Flynn, Metro watch commander on Monday night.

Metro spokeswoman Barbara Morgan said Kiser was charged with unsafe lane change, failure to render aid in an accident, failure to surrender driver's license to a police officer and failure to report a traffic accident. These misdemeanors could be upgraded to felonies if the pedestrians' injuries are determined to be more severe, she said.

A Nevada Highway Patrol trooper stopped Kiser's pickup truck at 1:37 a.m. near the Maryland Parkway and Windmill Lane intersection.

During that traffic stop, Trooper Chelita Rojas said Kiser was charged with drunken driving, failure to maintain a lane, possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia and driving with an out-of-state suspended license.

Authorities do not know the current conditions of the pedestrians.

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By boftx

July 28, 2010

3:50 p.m.

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Wanna bet this guy belongs to a hate-group and saw people who he thought should be targeted?
By boftx

July 28, 2010

4:28 p.m.

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Hate groups come in all colors and different kinds of people. The New Black Panther Party is a joke compared to the real one. (But I do think there is more than meets the eye with the dismissal of that case.)
By Green_Dragon_Regular

July 28, 2010

7:03 p.m.

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@boftx-

Why, because he's white?
By pgctg141 (Kevin Boyer)

July 28, 2010

7:29 p.m.

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Doesn't it say "stay on topic" someplace children?
By sandy_astroglide

July 28, 2010

8:21 p.m.

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I can't believe he's only charged with misdemeanors. I can't believe that driving up onto a sidewalk is considered an unsafe lane change. I can't believe that my comment follows one that's off topic and complaining about people being off topic.
By Banana_Joe

July 29, 2010

12:34 a.m.

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I hope this coked-out, boozed-up dick head gets what he deserves for breaking so many laws using his pickup truck.

He was even too dumb to surrender driver's license to a police officer. Why? Because he was driving with an out-of-state suspended license.

Why don't they send him back to jail where he belongs, but in the country he recently came from, please.

Regards
Banana_Joe
By sportyyetpratical

July 29, 2010

12:42 a.m.

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To the comment above, since when is "dick head" acceptable language for a newspaper? Clearly these things are skimmed over if they are read at all.