Local news briefs for February 7, 2000

NLV man pleads not guilty

A North Las Vegas man has pleaded guilty to being under the influence of methamphetamine when his car drove onto a sidewalk near the Tropicana hotel-casino and killed a doctor visiting from South Dakota.

Otis Haley, 25, will be sentenced March 21 in District Judge Joseph Bonaventure's courtroom on the newly enacted felony charge of driving under the influenced of a prohibited controlled substance.

Haley faces a maximum eight to 20 years in prison for the death of Walter Bass, 51, who was walking with his wife when he was hit by Haley's car, police said.

The woman was not injured, and Haley suffered only minor injuries.

Roadway project begins on Sunset

A road project to install a channel as part of the Pioneer Detention Basin outfall structure begins today and will continue to Feb. 14.

The project will restrict traffic on Sunset Road between Parkson and Elliott roads, east of U.S. 95 in Henderson. Traffic will be restricted to one lane in each direction during construction.

Police locate pickup sought in death

Metro Police have found the pickup that was used to run over and kill a man Thursday afternoon near Rainbow and Oakey boulevards.

The truck was located in downtown Las Vegas Friday afternoon and has been impounded and processed as evidence, police said.

Police continue to look for two men reportedly in the pickup when it was put in reverse and ran over 40-year-old bicyclist Nicholas J. Klapp near the corner of Santa Margarita Street and Oakey.

Police believe that the two men had an argument with Klapp seconds before the homicide.

Anyone with information about the two men in the truck is asked to call police at 229-3521 or Secret Witness at 385-5555.

Henderson man dies in four-car pileup

A four-car accident that killed a 54-year-old Henderson man at the intersection of Boulder Highway and Russell Road is still under investigation by Metro Police.

The Friday accident happened about 3 p.m. when the light at the intersection turned green for eastbound traffic on Russell, police said.

After the signal changed to green, a 1988 Pontiac Fiero and a 1995 Ford pickup started to move east through the intersection. A 1996 Ford pickup on Boulder Highway failed to stop at the red light and hit the Ford, which spun and hit the Fiero, which in turn slid into a 1991 Chevrolet sedan, police said.

The driver of the Fiero died at the scene, and the drivers of the other vehicles suffered minor injuries.

German Americans being victimized

A scam aimed at Nevadans of German ancestry is being pulled in the Las Vegas area, the state attorney general said.

The scheme involves a letter sent from a person representing himself as a Dr. Manuela Schachl. The letter says the recipient is the sole heir of a Mrs. Krammer and will inherit $450,000. The letter instructs the recipient to transfer $540 to an address in Linz, Austria, so that the inheritance can be collected.

The Attorney General asks recipients to send the original letter and envelope to the U.S. Postal Inspector. Write "Postal Inspector" on the outside of an envelope that contains the scam letter and envelope. No postage is necessary and a mail carrier will deliver it to the agency, the attorney general's office says.

Officials hope to televise meetings

North Las Vegas city officials are working toward the day when City Council and Planning Commission meetings will be televised.

Las Vegas and Henderson already broadcast their meetings along with calendars and documentaries on local history and governmental agencies.

North Las Vegas hopes to share the governmental access cable Channel 4, already used by Clark County and Henderson under a franchise agreement with Cox Communications.

The city of Las Vegas broke away from Channel 4 in December to form its own program on KCLV-Channel 2 on Cox Cable.

Michele Richardson, assistant to the North Las Vegas city manager, said the city is working with Henderson in getting its own broadcasts going.

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