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Published Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013 | 9:09 a.m.
Updated Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013 | 12:23 p.m.
A 22-year-old man who allegedly chased a woman through an apartment complex with an ax surrendered after barricading himself inside an apartment for three hours, Metro Police said.
Rickie Norelus, 22, of Las Vegas was booked into the Clark County Detention Center on a count of assault with a deadly weapon.
The woman had been walking through the apartment complex in the 3800 block of Swenson Street when Norelus allegedly began yelling and chased her with an ax, Metro Police said.
She escaped to a safe location and called police just before 7 a.m., officials said.
When officers arrived, Norelus had barricaded himself inside an apartment. He appeared agitated and refused to come out, police said.
Occupants in surrounding apartments were evacuated as a precaution, and SWAT officers were called, police said.
Norelus surrendered after SWAT officers arrived.
Wow that is scary.
Glad she got away safe.
Wasn't there just a double homicide in that area a couple days. Just east of the Strip?....This is another "human" who will be a blight on the criminal justice system. Dollars to donuts he has priors.
Yes, it's a happening place.
Life in Las Vegas is a patio of fun.
The logical thing to do here, Biden, is to add axes to the ban.
@UFCwasteOcash,
Maybe you didn't notice, but the woman managed to get away unscathed.
What do you think her chances would've been if the perp had a loaded gun?
Axes are dangerous! Let's license axes! Create a whole new bureaucracy to do it.
No need to ban axes, just put an ax weilding retired lumberjack in every apartment complex in the country. Kind of like what the idiots want to do with guns.