met with clark county district attorney steve wolfson to hand over a criminal affidavit naming mary jo frazier, former manager of boulder city animal control, on 37 felony counts of animal cruelty. but multiple sources familiar with the story told to the i-team that wolfson got an earful about much more. boulder city officials continue to claim that police administrator conger did the right thing when he allowed mary jo frazier to retire rather than face criminal charges. in april of 2015, conger was told about widespread problems at the animal shelter by animal control employee ann inabnitt. a police investigation identified 91 dogs and cats that had been euthanized by frazier without waiting the required 5 days or getting an outside vet to sign off. documents obtained by the i-team show the actual number of suspicious euthanizations is closer to 1300. the city to be embarrassed and decided on his own the case would be tough to prove in court. however, the da was told last week that ann inabnitt initially warned conger about problems at the shelter a full year earlier, in april 2014. in that

was made public that conger dropped a criminal case against former animal control supervisor mary jo frazier. frazier was allowed to retire even though a police investigation found she had been killing nearly half of the animals that were coming in to the care of the boulder city animal shelter... many of these animals were family pets, and many in the boulder city community were outraged when they found out what had been happening... " i opened up the newspaper and i saw the article and i real, can somebody really get away with something like that and retire quietly in oregon, it just seemed very otrageous." lisa savy was so upset she even started a change dot org petition demanding the city press charges against frazier. that petition now has over 18 hundred signatures, the petition also says it was not congers place to decide wether she was guilty or innocent or wether she should be charged for killing those animals... the investigation is now in the hands of the district attorney, many in the boulder city community are hoping this helps bring justice to the animals killed frazier could b

have been up in arms ever since they found out in december that former animal control supervisor mary jo frazier was allowed to retire even though a police investigation found she had been killing animals. former police chief bill conger was the one who decided to drop the case against frazier... and many in the community think his resignation is needed in order to have a fair investigation. bill conger, boulder cities chief of police administration has resigned, and while the city wont officialy say its because of the animal control investigaton... those who have been following the case closely say him leaving his post can only help... " the public wants transparency in the case and we want a full fair thorough investigation so if that was being hindered in any way by the police chief him stepping down helps that case." conger, who was chief, came under fire recently after it was made public that he dropped a criminal case against mary jo frazier, the former animal control supervisor accused of needlessly killing animals " it was not bill conger's place to make the sole decision on wether to pu

boulder city detectives met with clark county district attorney steve wolfson affidavit naming mary jo frazier, former manager of boulder city animal control, on 37 felony counts of animal cruelty. but multiple sources familiar with the story told to the i-team that wolfson got an earful about much more. boulder city officials continue to claim that police administrator conger did the right thing when he allowed mary jo frazier to retire rather than face criminal charges. in april of 2015, conger was told about widespread problems at the animal shelter by animal control employee ann inabnitt. a police investigation identified 91 dogs and cats that had been euthanized by frazier without waiting the required 5 days or getting an outside vet to sign off. documents obtained by the i-team show the actual number of suspicious euthanizations is closer to 1300. conger reportedly didn't want the city to be embarrassed and decided on his own the case however, the da was told last week that ann inabnitt initially warned conger about problems at the shelter a full year earlier, in april 2014. in that inst

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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 t

an investigation revealed mary jo frazier illegally killed 91 trying to find them homes. a spokesman for boulder city told us they would issue a statement on the chief's resignation... but we have not yet received it. /// ((brian loftus)) > the former clark county commissioner will be in court today for a d-u-i charge. tom collins was not present for yesterday's hearing... but his attorney did ask for an extra day to confirm that he will represent him. the "cowboy commissioner" was arrested a month ago.. while leaving the national finals rodeo at the thomas and mack. collins resigned from the commission back in august.. citing family matters. he later announced he plans to next year. /// ((brian loftus)) > forget about putting up posters to find your lost pet... because now they can be found with an app. ((kirsten joyce)) what type of technology it uses to help find find your lost dog. ((brian loftus)) and your apple device is getting a new screen color when you're heading to bed. why it will help you fall asleep faster. ng out if any of your buddies ever pressure you to

mary jo frazier. she was accused of illegally killing animals.. and served under conger and his predecessor. breaking national news affecting us in las vegas right now. take a live look at mccarran... where american airlines is cancelling several flights.... ahead of a massive winter storm..... headed for the east coast. flights to and from washington.... baltimore and new york are already cancelled for tomorrow and saturday. there's a link on k-t-n-v dot com. right now the mayor of washington d-c is promising to do a better job preparing than they did last night. the city was paralyzed last night by less than 2 inches of snow. even president obama was stuck.. the presidential motorcade ping- ponging on the slick streets..... taking nearly and an hour.... for a -20- minute trip. it's a major winter storm that is already creating chaos in the southeast.. and expected to be even worse in the mid-atlanic this weekend. let's check in with chief meteorologist bryan scofield. right now... police are looking for whoever vandalized a popular part of polic

told action news it was tied to the city's investigation into the former head of animal control, mary jo frazier. she served under conger and his predecessor. we went to the police department for answers. can you tell me who's in charge since the chief resigned? they referred us to davis, who says the city manager is deciding who will serve as the acting chief, while he looks for someone to fill the position permanently. hi, stephanie from channel 13. city manager was not in the office when we came by, so we went outside city hall for more answers. is cam here? councilman cam walker was not home,, but his wife told us he had not yet been briefed on the situation with the chief. he later called us and said he expected to hear more before the tuesday city council meeting. we also went looking for the mayor at his home, ((knocking nats))) but no one answered the door. as for frazier, the city submitted a case against her to the clark county district attorney. an affidavit written last spring but never filed says she overstepped the limits of her job and the law by euthanizing animals illegally. the

chief, came under fire recently after it was made public that he dropped a criminal case against mary jo frazier, the former animal control supervisor accused of needlessly killing " it was not bill conger's place to make the sole decision on wether to pursue the case or not, this is something that shouldve been turned over to the district attorney and have them resign." the investigation is now in the hands of the district attorney, but for many, conger dropping the case was a clear violation of the peoples trust... retired chief of police thomas finn even called it one of the most disturbing things he had ever seen... had... "... never ordered who might get muddied, and unlike william conger, he has never practiced policing by appeasment." letter of conger, and theyre not giving the investigation...but many who call boulder city home to know whats saying theres a theyre still not " if we continue to delve into the details of this case, i have a gut feeling, not sustantiated, that other things will turn up as well." miguel martinez- valle fox5 news, local las vegas. the city is trying to charge

city wouldn't give us too many details, but they did say it was tied to the investigation into mary jo frazier. the district attorney is reportedly reviewing claims the former animal control supervisor was improperly euthanizing animals. the city says it's working on figuring out who will replace the police chief while they search for a permanent replacement. the running rebels are getting ready to play their first game tonight without head coach dave rice. rice announced he was leaving the men's basketball team sunday night-- right in the middle of the season. players say the news took them really had a special relationship. (butted with) sot ike nwamu, little hard at first but at this point we can't fester on that. associate head coach todd simon will take over for the remainder of the season as interim head coach. the running rebels take on new mexico tonight at the thomas and mack. tip off is at 7. the celebrations went well into the night for alabama fans... they may be a little tired this morning! the crimson tide took home its 10th national championship after beating clemson 45 to 40 in

been under fire since it was revealed last month that he didn't pursue a criminal case against mary jo frazier... who resigned. now city officials want to charge frazier with 37 counts of animal cruelty for deaths at the shelter. the district attorney is reviewing the case. an update to breaking news we first reported on action news two people are in critical condition at umc trauma after this crash near durango and warm springs. our crew on the scene sent these pictures back a short time ago. warm springs is shut down in both directions while investigators are on the scene. an action news update now.... on the lamar odom saga! nye county prosecutors have decided not to file charges.... against odom. the d-a says.... there wasn't enough evidence to prove..... the former basketball star was using cocaine.... during his stay at "the love ranch". it's been -3- months...since odom nearly died of a drug overdose.... at the brothel near pahrump. now... he's continuing his recovery.... in a private rehab facility. a developing story.... we're following... a terrifying morning.... at "the las vegas ac

the district attorney is reviewing claims mary jo frazier was improperly euthanizing animals. conger served as the chief of police for three years. a lot of local parents are talking about a big story right now. a district judge has put the brakes on the new education savings accounts.. just weeks before parents were supposed to get thousands of dollars from the program. it's now being challened in two lawsuits. under the voucher program.. parents can use a 5-thousand dollar allowance from the state toward education.. including private school tuition. goveror sandoval responded.. saying the best thing to do now is to leave it up to the state because thousands of nevada parents are waiting for an answer. the voucher money was supposed to start getting disbursed next month. now to the race for the whitehouse -- all eyes today on the democratic presidential candidates. hillary clinton and bernie sanders are going after each other, like never before! ramos: have you noticed lately that she has been getting more aggressive with you? 20:14:51 sanders: yes. sanders: it could be that

boulder city polcie to the d-a is seeking 37 felony counts against former animal control chief mary jo frazier. an investigation uncovered evidence that frazier allegedly okayed the euthenizations of hundreds of animals without getting approval from a veterinarian and without waiting the required number of days. witnesses say frazier personally administered lethal drugs to dogs and cats, sometimes on the same days the animals arrived at the shelter. the i-team has learned that police met with the d.a. earlier this week to brief prosecutors on the allegations, though a decision on possible charges has not yet been made. a notice posted today on the website of boulder city animal control announced that charges are still pending. it was also announced that the shelter is also now able to stay open seven days per week because been hired and trained. ((paula francis)) > las vegas mayor carolyn goodman stepping into the spotlight tonight for her annual state of the city address.. she'll be looking back on 20-15 and giving a preview of what's ahead in the new year. her speech just started... let's go

daivs says the sudden resignation was tied to the former head of animal control...mary jo frazier. now we're hearing from the mayor of boulder city about the scandal. we asked mayor rod woodbury if so does he think conger should be held criminally liable? 9 seconds mayor rod woodbury, boulder city "that's why we have an ongoing investigation with the d-a's office..if in fact there is some liability there...then that's gonna come out i assume in the investigation" city manager to pick an interim chief but it could still be months before a new person is appointed. protesters continue to stand strong this morning as the community in eastern oregon pushes to end their standoff. we're learning now that the armed milia members occupying a compound ona natinoal wildlife refuge plan to announce when they'll leave on friday. they say they'll do this during a community meeting. the small group is under pressure from locals to end the standoff that's now been going on since january 2nd. leaders previously said they wouldn't leave until there's a plan to transfer control of federal land to the

met with clark county district attorney steve wolfson to hand over a criminal affadavit naming mary jo frazier, former manager of boulder city animal control, on 37 felony counts of animal cruelty. but multiple sources familiar with the story told to the i-team that wolfson got an earful about much more. boulder city officials continue to claim that police administrator conger did the right thing when he allowed mary in april of 2015, conger was told about widespread problems at the animal shelter by animal control employee ann inabnitt. a police investigation identified 91 dogs and cats that had been euthenized by frazier without waiting the required 5 days or getting an outside vet to sign off. documents obtained by the i-team show the actual number of suspicious euthenizations is closer to 1300. conger reportedly didn't want the city to be embarrassed and decided on his own the case court. however, the da was told last week that ann inabnitt initially warned conger about problems at the shelter a full year earlier, in april 2014. in that instance, inabnitt was uspet when frazier allegedly c

was revealed that conger had dropped a criminal case against former animal control supervisor mary jo frazier when she retired from her job. an investigation revealed she illegally killed 91 animals. the case caused public outrage among boulder city residents who found out their pets were among those killed./// ((dave courvoisier)) > last week you had a feeling if the runnin' rebels stumbled, something would be done. ((denise valdez)) the rebels certainly stumbled and something was done. sports director chris maathuis joins us with more on today's press conference at unlv. ((chris maathuis)) the university made two players and the new coach available. acting head coach todd simon met with the media. simon held practice as the new head coach... ryan miller and stacey augmon word is that max good may have left the program... still waiting on confirmation. but with simon you get a no nonsense guy, who says if you're not producing or running plays... you'll be on the bench. (( )) todd simon/coach; "next man up, next man up, zero tolerance then? next man up, that's the beauty of having depth and g

bouler city who potentially lost their pets to unlawful euthanization allegedly at the hands of mary jo frazier mayor rod woodbury, boulder city "to the extent that these people have lost their pets obviously our hearts go out to them. there's not words that anybody can have that can bring back their pets or sympathize enough for their losses" the mayor told me he believes the new animal control leader is doing a great job and is taking the right steps for the reporting live from boulder city gina lazara channel 13 action news new tonight.. a live look at mccarran airport where an american airlines flight was forced to make an emergency landing.. and a kardashian may have been on board. the flight was headed from l-a to new york when there were reports of smoke in the cockpit. earlier today.. khloe kardashian tweeted she was headed to new york when her plane made an emergency landing in las vegas. we're down to less than 21 hours before the next powerball drawing.. with a 1.5 billion dollar jackpot on the line. action news was back in primm today where hundreds of people stood in a 3-hour line

now to a controversy in boulder city-- former animal control supervisor --mary jo frazier hasn't been seen since a police investigation found she had been killing animals... when they didn't need to be... but people in boulder city want to know why she can't be found... since she is still collecting her retirement from the city. one woman says frazier euthanized her dog, less than two hours after it ran away from home... - i knew she was known for not really caring about animals and sticking them. i knew what her reputation was be picked up by her ( boulder city is trying to charge frazier with 37 felony animal cruelty counts. the district attorney is now investigating the case. now fox weather 24/7 with cassandra jones good morning i'm cassandra jones. we stay in the mid to upper 50s through the next seven days. we'll drop down to 33 degrees to start on wednesday morning with many areas of the las vegas valley seeing 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 tue

conger dropped a criminal case against former animal control supervisor mary jo frazier when she retired from her job. an investigation revealed frazier illegally killed 91 healthy animals instead of trying to find them homes. the revelation of the killings caused public outrage and now the clark county district attorney is reviewing frazier's case. a spokesman for boulder city told us they would issue a statement on the chief's resignation tonight... but that has not happened yet./// ((patranya bhoolsuwan)) we are getting a better picture of how sex education in clark county will be changing come this fall. this follows more than a year of intense, often contentious, conversations between the school board and members of the community. at tonight's public meeting though..the mood is quite different: < ((patranya bhoolsuwan)) it was an almost an empty room .. not what we're used to seeing at the clark county school board meetings... especially those involving the topic of sex. ((amey esparza/seac member: "tonight's meeting much better than last 6 months or so of bhoolsuwan)) amey esparza

city wouldn't give us too many details, but they did say it was tied to the investigation into mary jo frazier. the district attorney is reportedly reviewing claims the former animal control supervisor was improperly euthanizing animals. the city says it's working on figuring out who will replace the police chief while they search for a permanent a is body found at a local high school, and now metro is trying to figure out what happened. the man was found at the las vegas academy around 5-30 yesterday morning. police say they taped off the area, and no students saw it. at this point, investigators believe the man committed suicide. the school alerted parents to let them know what happened, and classes went on as scheduled. an update on breaking international news we're following this morning - that huge explosion in istnabul turkey. we just learned most of the victims were german tourists. we've been telling you all morning,a huge explsion this morning killed several people.... the number has been downgraded to 9 people killed. we know at least 15 others are hurt. the blast happened in the are

he dropped a criminal case against former animal control supervisor mary jo frazier when she retired from her job. an investigation revealed frazier illegally killed 91 healthy animals instead of trying to find them homes. the revelation of the killings caused public outrage and now the clark county district attorney is reviewing frazier's case./// ((brian loftus)) > the runnin' rebs have their first game today... without former head coach dave rice. they take on new mexico at the thomas and mack.. tipoff is at 7 pm. on sunday, the university announced the school and rice a change. this was rice's 5th season with the runnin' rebels -he had 3 seasons left on his contract. assistant coach todd simon is coach./// accident on harmon and jones.... you can use torrey pines or decatur as alternates. delays in the spaghetti bowl. you can see the line of traffic heading toward the i-15 interchange along southbound 95. < > < ((sherry swensk)) give yourself ((sherry swensk)) give yourself time to warm up the car this morning... we've got sunny skies and it is cold this morning. we had nice sunsh

conger dropped a criminal case against former animal control supervisor mary jo frazier when she retired from her job. an investigation revealed frazier illegally killed dozens of healthy animals. boulder city residents were upset over the actions by both frazier and conger... on his facebook page...conger's wife says he is retiring because -- quote--the recent events have created a significant distraction and hinder the ability to properly manage and lead a police organization./// ((brian loftus)) > the armed group who took over a wildlife refuge in oregon...is taking action. the property yesterday...and are going through federal filing cabinets...they say... to expose what the government has done. they took over the building over a week ago... and are protesting the imprisonment of cattle ranchers. they're also upset over the government's ownership of land...and want it to be given back to the people. randy bundy says ranchers who own some of the land asked them to tear down the fence...dividing them from what they say is their property: (((randy bundy, protester) "this is ground that

he dropped a crimina case against former animal control supervisor mary jo frazier when she retired from her job. an investigation revealed frazier illegally killed 91 healthy animals instead of trying to find them homes. the revelation of the killings caused public outrage and now the clark county district attorney is reviewing frazier's case./// ((brian loftus)) > former clark county "cowboy" commissioner, as is scheduled to appear before a judge this morning. his arraignment was delayed yesterday... he's now due back in court for his dui case at 7:30 am. collins was arrested last month after crashing .. while leaving the national mack. the 65- year- old abruptly resigned from the commission in august.. citing family matters.. then announced he plans to run next year./// demetria, how are the roads this morning? demetria obilor no freeway crashes. accident on jones and robindale. accident on lone mountain and rancho in the northwest. accident over on the east side on mcleod, north of desert inn. back to you! rebs have their first game today... without former head coach dave rice. thoma

mary jo azier.. who resigned. now.. city officials want to charge frazier with 37 counts of animal cruelty for deaths at the shelter. the d-a is reviewing the right now.. the powerball jackpot stands at a record 1.4 billion dollars.. and that's easily enough money to attract thousands of people from las vegas to convenient stores in arizona and california. this is a live picture of the line for tickets at one store in baker. (ad-lib) we'll have much more from action news reporter david shuman.. watching it all unfold.. coming up on action news live at 6:30. new information tonight... on the resignation of former u-n-l-v basketball coach.... dave rice... the news caught a lot of people off guard.... the players included. and.... not everyone's for the change. action news reporter.... elizabeth gadley spoke with the son of u-n-l-v great.. jerry tarkarian...to get his thoughts. as they practice for their next big game, the unlv men's basketball team can't help but think of now former head coach sot ben carter, player 14:24:59:00 obviously very sad about the ne

reportedly reviewing allegations that mary jo fazier was improperly euthanizing animals at the city's shelter. conger initially decided against pursuing charges against frazier who retired last month the city changed course... and forwarded the findings of its investigation to the da. the city says it is currently working to determine who will fill in during the search for a permanent replacement. reporting live in studio, bryan callahan, channel 13 action news. thousands of people across southern nevada are making plans to head across the state line again tomorrow to find a cure for powerball fever. we saw thousands of people waiting for hours in line today in primm and baker for their shot at the 1.4 billion dollar jackpot. the lines in primm were 2 to 3 hours all day. action news also spent several hours in baker where they were were a little shorter.. only about an hour long. baker is another 30-miles from primm so it might sound like a good trade off.. but some of the people we met had a reason to avoid baker. 10:31:49 "i've been in baker before and it's never won so i figure i'll take my chances where it's hit." you still have two more days to get tick