city animal control supervisor accused of killing pets is still missing. where some people believe she is hiding. closed captioning will resume this is fox5 news at 11. local las vegas. metro police arrest one of their own officers tonight. i'm christine maddela. i'm john huck. he was arrested for domestic battery by strangulation and first degree kidnapping.. fox5's elizabeth watts has more on the case. officer james burt arrested tuesday for very serious charges.. metro police wouldn't release any details.. but said he was arrested for domestic battery by strangulation and first degree kidnapping.. and booked into the clark county jail... hannah brook/safe nest it's very unfortunate because it shows that domestic violence can happen between anyone regardless of career choice or economic stature. hannah brook is with safe nest- the

in nevada... she says police officers are held to a higher standard and while we don't have any details on the victim or what happened... brook says it's likely the abuse was going on for awhile... hannah brook/safe nest usually when it gets to this point where the police have been called to arrest someone it's been going on for quite awhile.. many violence will start with simple verbal abuse emotional abuse and that's something to look out for and it will eventually escalate. it's a crime of control. strangulation charge is key... it used to be easy for abusers to plead down to misdemeanors with domestic abuse charges.. but new laws make that more difficult... and they face serving time. hannah brook/safe nest it forces the courts to really take a look and hold the perpetrator accountable for their actions transparent nevada shows last year officer burt made more than 130-thousand dollars in pay and benefits. metro says he has been relieved of duty without pay pending judicial and internal

burt has a 48 hour hearing scheduled for tomorrow morning at 7:30. if you or someone you know may be in an abusive relationship you're urged to contact safe nest for help right away. a former metro officer was indicted on charges of violating a woman's civil rights while trying to arrest her. the justice department says "richard thomas scavone" used excessive force during the arrest, then falsified a report about it. this happened on january 6th, 2015, and metro says the incident was captured on body camera. scavone is accused of grabbing the victim around her neck and throwing her to the ground. he faces up to 30 years in prison, if convicted on both the civil rights count and obstruction count. former clark county tom collins pleaded "no contest" to a d-u-i charge. he says he's moving on from the december incident, when he was arrested after a crash. its history you cant change history. im going forward, just like i did when the bulls got out. i still won election by landslide over

celebrate independence day. i still win elections by landslides. " collinsays he went to victim impact class and did d-u-i school online. the judge also ordered him to pay a 685 dollar fine. his attorney says collins didn't get special treatment in this case. collins has a status check february 9th. he still plans to eventually run for mayor in north las vegas. police are looking for a suspect they stabbed a man, then took off. this happened just before six the safari motel bruce. metro says the suspect came to his ex-girlfriend's room and stabbed her friend several the victim was hospital in critical police didn't say who they are looking for. anything about this stabbing, call crime stoppers at 702-385-55-55. three were killed this valley. earlier this afternoon, the most recent victim

an s-u-v. this happened on lake mead parkway and industrial. henderson police say the s-u-v was trying to turn left, when the motorcycle crashed into it from behind. the biker was thrown to the ground, and later died at sunrise hospital. police say it's too early to tell if drugs or alcohol were involved... but they do say the biker was speeding and the driver failed to yield. nevada's school choice program... which would give parents thousands of dollars to put their children in private schools... comes to a halt. a judge ruled in favor of a lawsuit against the program. the lawsuit claimed it was illegal to take money from the public education system. four thousand families were about to receive funding in just a few weeks. one told us this decision will hurt local students. " lineras- i make a lot of sacrifices like our parents do and its not just a free ride they arent looking for free money theyare looking for money they paid theyre looking for the bes education they can get and the nevada public school

now " the a-c-l-u also filed a lawsuit against the school choice program... saying it's against the constitution to use state funds for religious schools. the group says it hasn't heard back from a judge... and expects this case to go to the nevada state supreme court. people in boulder city say they still need answers, into where the former animal control supervisor is. mary jo frazier hasn't been seen since a police investigation found she had been killing animals. yesterday, interim police chief bill conger resigned. he dropped the case against frazier... something people in boulder city said violated their trust. now the public be a more investigation. we spoke to one frazier euthanized her dog, less than two hours after it ran away from home. margaret vance says she's heard rumors frazier is in oregon. someone has to know (where she is) because she gets retirement from the city. someone has to know where that retirement check is going to. there's

get to find her boulder city is trying to charge frazier with 37 felony animal cruelty counts. the district attorney is now investigating the case. performers at fremont street experience have had nearly two months to get used to the new rules, regarding when and where they can entertain crowds. today, some of those performers spoke out on the rules at city hall. "i'd like to see it repealed and first amendment enforced. we can self regulate if we have meetings with the city. " buskers were invited to give their feedback on the ordinance. while some say the new rules are making a difference, others say there's still a lot of conflict between the performers. there's now designated performance zones that street performers can use for a few hours, andhey have to register in advance for them. wednesdays powerball jackpot is now at 1.5 billion dollars thats the highest price for any jackpot in the history of the u.s. the winner gets to pick from

cash home... fox5's miguel martinez-valle winnings into perspective if the jackpot invest on real estate in the city theres actually quite a few big ticket items they could afford, this including several casino's if to look... 1.5 billion dollar taking all of that money home, if you take the cash option instead of the annuity, and once you subtract federal taxes, assuming theres no state tax, youre left with about six hundred and ninty seven million five hundred dollars in your pocket. but just how much money is that? bridge: "we did the math and if you were to convert your cash winnings, in ones, into feet you could cover the length of around 775 football fields... stack those dollar bills ontop of eachother and you get around 202 las vegas stratospheres in height... and lastly, that many bills placed next to each other could

of the las vegas strip about 10 times..." so if youre thinking of investing in real estate and looking to buy a casino, you can really get your moneys worth downtown... "you could do great, considering the las vegas club just sold for about 40 million dollars you could do really well, you could buy a big chunk of fremont street maybe or build a new fremont street." the las vegas strip's a little more expensive... " cosmopolitan went for about 1.5 billion dollars last year so you might not be able to get one of the big ones." but theres always other big ticket items you could buy... " the t mobile arena thats just going up costs about 350 million dollars give and take, so you could build an arena " and with that kind of money, you could even buy an nhl team and bring them to the city ... if thats what you wanted... the biggest win at a casino in las vegas was about 30 million dollars on megabucks at the excaliber a

reporting live, miguel martinez- valle, fox5 news local. las vegas. the powerball jackpot is expected to go up even more before wednesday nights drawing. if you bought lottery tickets with your coworkers in an might want to keep that on the downlow if you win. here in nevada, it's actually illegal to participate in an office pool, and it's considered a misdemeanor. it makes sense, since we also lottery. experts say if you do an office pool anyway, make sure you document everything, so one person doesn't try to claim all the winnings. know who contributed in the pool... and how the winnings will be distributed. and if you think you have it bad driving to arizona or california for tickets... be grateful you don't live in alaska or hawaii. the lottery is

states too... and if people want to cross an ocean or mountains to reach a store. in alaska, lottery won't pay off in such a sparsely populated state. and the lottery idea always fails in hawaii. the runnin' rebels played their first game... without former head coach dave rice. fox5's kevin how the rebs did tonight. kevin ablib and see the improvements coming to unlv... that will relieve a lot of headaches for students. your fox5 weather

" "we all like him, appreciate what hes done for the program. he came here with goal in mind to get to program back to national prominence it really hasnt happened. its time to move on." "dave rice is a good coach i wish him all the luck wherever he goes because hes going to get a good job anywhere." former runnin' rebels coach dave rice was on the minds of many at tonight's runnins rebels game... after his forced resignation on sunday. runnin rebel and lobos fans tell us they wish him well. it was the runnin' rebels first game this season without head coach david rice. the team faced new mexico... and finally got the much-needed win. fox5's kevin

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seven days. we'll drop down to 33 degrees to start on wednesday morning..many areas of the las vegas valley will see freezing temperatures to start. the mountains get a slight chance of showers for the weekend and into next week. the las vegas valley chances are now pushed off into tuesday. we stay in the mid to upper 50s through the next seven days. we'll drop down to 33 wednesday morning..many areas of the las vegas valley will see freezing

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the nation hears president obama's final state of the union address. the accomplishments the president focused on... and the changes he wants to see happen while he's still in office. and meet two locals, whose efforts in our community earned them a spot to watch the state

delivers his final state of the union address. he's looking ahead, and not just to the time he has left in office. " "i don't want to talk just about the next year. i want to focus on the next five years, ten years." " president obama remained optimistic throughout his speech. he addressed some of the division in congress and urged members to work together. there was a lot of focus on recent terror attacks, and president obama said troops should be authorized to fight isis. the president also talked about several of his achievements over the last seven years. "(president barack obama): "more than 14 million new jobs; the strongest two years of job growth

cut in half. our auto industry just had its best year ever." " election years can be difficult to get things done, and president obama says he hopes tonight's speech will serve as a call to action. one of the people sitting in michelle obama's box, was a local veteran who served as a nurse in the vietnam war. ""im really honored a little shocked. (laughs) just a little. still in shock. until i get there im amazed. i feel very privileged to go there and be there." " cynthia dias was invited to the address, for her efforts in helping former service members at veterans village. las vegas was one of the cities who completed a challenge to help homeless veterans. our city's efforts have been recognized by lawmakers, and it's how dias received the invitation to attend the speech. a unlv student was personally

harry reid to attend the state of the union address. tania dawood was in the audience tonight, and spoke to fox5 about this once in a life-time opportunity. " i felt very honored to be asked, and simultaneously very overwhelmed, i'm just a college student just going to my classes and having a good time., which is a good thing at my age. so i was very humbled to be asked. " tania is a second year political science major. she serves on the unlv muslim students association, and enjoys being involved in our community. matt damon fans have a chance to get a glimpse of the next bourne movie... right here in las vegas! where the star was spotted today... and the warning some hotel guests are receiving about

the federal aviation administration is inspecting six plane engines... four months after a british airways jet burst into flames at mccarran international airport. investigators want to look at the specific part of the engine that was torn apart. the pilot quickly stopped the takeoff, and everyone was able to escape the plane. no one was seriously injured. the engine inspections will be done this week. and reality star khloe kardashian made a surprise las vegas visit, when her plane had to make an

kardashian was on her way to new york city to promote her new show "kocktails with khloe". she say she's alright, and she took a plane back to california earlier tonight. officials haven't said what was wrong with her plane. local doctors now have a bigger space, to better serve our community. "we want to educate community so they can participate in their own healthcare. make good health decision we want a healthier community overall. this will be a focal point for us. to have some events here but also organization of events where we educate community..." the "clark county medical society" broke ground on their new office today, near russell and eastern. the group has been in their current office for more than 30 years. the new building has a large conference room for patient and public learning programs. it is designed for doctors to continue their education. more than 15 hundred people make up the clark county medical society. and over at unlv... a groundbreaking ceremony was held for the university's gateway project. this will include something a lot of

faculty are