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Published Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2013 | 3:10 p.m.
Updated Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2013 | 4:11 p.m.
It sounded like a gunshot, Metro Police and a Las Vegas Township Constable's officer thought. But when the ensuing barricade situation ended two hours later, after a SWAT unit entered the home in the 3900 block of Shadow Wood Avenue, near South Sandhill Road and East Twain Avenue, authorities found out there was no shot at all. The 64-year-old man who lived in the house by himself merely had thrown an object at the front door when the constable was approaching to serve eviction papers, according to Officer Jose Hernandez, a Metro spokesman. The constable, accompanied by a Metro officer, ...
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My taxes at work.
Give the tax metro wants to where it is really needed. Our school system ranked 50th in the nation or our bankrupt hospital or our public health care system that is crumbling to the ground. metro is top heavy and equipment fat and as we can see efficent. Probably 50 cops there.
LOL, another KnuckleHead in Vegas, how about pay your rent or mortgage and this wont happen.. Ok, yiou dont have the money? then move out!
Standard game these squatters play. They don't answer the door when they know a constable is there to serve papers. If you let it get to the point of being served an eviction notice, it's too late. You were likely warned several times about non payment and just discarded the notice. So now when the constable shows up you do something stupid like throw something at the door as he's knocking. If he's renting the home, then someone is paying his bills while he squats. No good.
You realize if LVMPD sent their SWAT team out with every constable serving an eviction notice, there would be very few evictions in Vegas.
If he paid his rent or mortgage, Metro or the constables office would have never been called. It comes down to personal responsibility. There are a lot of people in this town that have none. This is the result. Pay your bills or move out. These guys are only doing their job because you failed to do yours.
I'm more afraid of Metro than I am of common criminals. Plus, when criminals rob you, they generally make no pretense. Different story here with our "heroes", who need ever increasing amounts of our tax dollars to ostensibly keep us "safe".
The cops are the ones that should be evicted from the city, throwing old people onto the street. Guess they are proud of themselves?
Leave the old man alone!!! Can't you all see the old man needs help; but no, what do authorities here in Vegas do? They fire flash grenades into his home and arrest the senior citizen. Big shot cops!!!
Whatever was thrown at the door was loud enough to sound like a shot. Students from both the nearby elementary and high school said they heard a sound like a gunshot, a little bit later the elementary students heard something that sounded like an explosion. The same claim has been made by multiple students at both the high school and the elementary.
It saddens me to always see that everyone who comments on these posts are always so cynical/negative to assume that everytime metro is involved it is always their fault. More people do their jobs correctly than not, just because we usually only hear about the negative encounters doesn't mean you should assume all cops are bad or have ulterior motives.
A senior throwing something at the door needs to be removed with the assistance of authorities--otherwise the tenant might "accidentally" be injured when he scuffles with the process server. Having Metro show up also means that they will probably see that the tenant gets to the homeless shelter and/or the Metro assistance wing will see that the tenant gets more suitable housing--something he can afford. Do you forget the media coverage when Metro assistance even moves the furniture to a smaller, less expensive rental?
This is the same Constable by the name of Patrick Geary that was seen in the popular Youtube video using foul language and identifying himself as Metro when he served eviction notices. When is someone going to take care of the out of control Constable's office once and for all?
Usually only two people show up for an eviction, the Constable and the owner. The Constable serves the paper and makers sure the tenant leaves while the owner is charged with securing the residence. So what was a Metro officer doing tagging along? Was he the owner and taking care of private business on the taxpayer's dime?
And what exactly was the old guy charged with? Felony throwing something at his own door? According to this report, the man didn't refuse to answer, as the Constable went all 'scaredy cat' while as he was approaching the residence.
In another story in this paper, we find Sheriff Gillespie begging for more money. Perhaps if his department didn't send out SWAT and spend valuable resources locking down schools and forcing innocent people out of their homes every time something goes bump in the night (or day in this case) he wouldn't need to panhandle up in Carson City.
It was bad enough when learned last week that some cops are scared of a puppy-dog, now it seems there are some who wet themselves whenever they hear a loud noise.