((brian loftus)) > in the case of richard scavone... he was indicted by a grand jury on a federal civil rights violation charge. ((kirsten joyce)) this means the grand jury determined there was enough evidence against him to go to trial. but the case against scavone reportedly hinges on body camera footage. we asked metro for the video earlier this week... u-s attorney's office.. who's handling the case. a spokeswoman told our vanessa murphy.. that they would not prevent metro from releasing the video. we took the question back to metro... and were told the department was making a decision on whether to release it. ((brian loftus)) we asked about the video again to metro yesterday... they say they will not release the video.. referring to it as evidence... even though they are not handling the case and they fired scavone in september. our vanessaamurphy then filed a freedom of information act request... to obtain the video under the nevada open records act. metro will be given a reasonable amount of time to respond. vanessa also asked t

((trk)) january 6th 2015, 49 year old metro officer richard scavone arrested a woman for loitering for the purpose of prostitution, littering, and resisting arrest. march 17th, scavone is charged with misdemeanor battery after metro's internal affairs concluded from body cam footage he broke the law. an arrest report detailing that footage says it shows scavone unnecessairily throwing a female to the ground and twice slamming her head into the hood of his patrol car. the same day he was charged, an 8 news now i team producer made the first in a series of requests to see the body cam video. metro refused our request, calling the video "part of an internal investigation." by september, even though his trial on battery charges hasn't happened yet, officer scavone is fired from the department. scavone is indicted by a grand jury on federal charges for using excessive force and falsifying a police report. most of the evidence comes from the body cam video. but metro still refuses to release it....referring us to the u.s. attorney office. the u.s. attorney's office tells us they would not pr

our call was not returned./// ((dave courvoisier)) > in the case of richard scavone... yesterday on a federal civil rights violation charge. this means the grand jury determined there was enough evidence against scavone to proceed to trial. the case against scavone reportedly hinges on body camera footage. we're bringing back vanessa murphy with an update on our request to see that footage. vanessa? ((vanessa murphy)) dave, we first asked metro to release the scavone body camera footage yesterday. that video is expected to show him roughing up a woman suspected of working as a prostitute. he is also accused of lying on a report about the incident. when we first asked for this video yesterday, metro deferred to the u-s attorney's office, which is handling the case. a spokeswoman there told me they would not prevent metro from releasing the video. we took the question back to metro and were told the department was making a decision on whether to release it. today, we reached out again. metro's latest response is that they will not release the video -- referring to it as ev

richard scavone is accused of arresting a woman on prostitution charges in january of last year. an investigator says the woman was seen on police body cam video being thrown to the ground, grabbed by the neck and slammed by her head on the hood of a patrol car. metro says the officer was terminated from his job in september. a motorcyclist is dead - after a crash in henderson. henderson police say the motorcycle was going east on lake mead parkway - when it hit the rear of an s-u-v turning from the westbound lane - onto industrial park road. the biker - who was wearing a helmet - was rushed to sunrise hospital - where they died. police say the motorcyclist may have been speeding .. and the a controversial education law .. is on hold for now. the school choice program passed last year through the nevada legislature. it gives parents five-thousand dollars to use for their child's education. opponents say it would take money from public schools... because parents would choose to send their kids to private school. but that's not the only legal battle it faces. fox 5s cyndi lundberg

richard scavone is accused of arresting a woman on prostitution charges in january of last year. investigator says the woman was seen on police body cam video being thrown to the ground, grabbed by the neck and slammed by her head on the hood of a patrol car. metro says the officer was terminated from his job in september. former clark county commissioner tom collins still plans to run for north las vegas mayor... charge. "im not supposed to announce it yet, but everybody knows it. laughs. you know me, im just honest." the "cowboy" commissioner was arrested on charges of driving impaired after leaving the n-f-r back in december. today -- collins pleaded "no contest" to the d-u-i charge. a judge ordered him to pay a 685 dollar fine and complete d-u-i school which he's already done. collins say he's learned from this experience. "what is it, a couple 100,000 dui in this valley or more. they still go to work, still help other people, coach sports or have jobs or work in community. life "i cant change history. i made a mistake. but im still tom collins. im still the man that goes out

and former officer richard scavone was indicted this week... in a case where police say body camera footage shows him throwing a woman in cuffs to the ground, dragging her, and then slamming her head into the hood of his car. counselor ron lawrence says a high stress job like that plays a role.. but so does the power that comes with the position: ((ron lawrence/communit y counselor: "when our power differential becomes disaligned and all of the sudden we would succumb to things that give us power and that's usually when our boundaries become weak.")) ((kirsten joyce)) in the case of scavone, we have put in several requests for the body camera footage from last january's violent arrest, but metro has denied all of our requests. /// ((kirsten joyce)) > it is still a mystery as to who is walking night's powerball numbers were announced. the winning numbers are 4- 8-19-27-34 and powerball 10... and officials say there are three winners who will be splitting the one point 6 billion dollar prize. danielle nottingham is in chino hills, california... w

richard scavone is accused of violating a woman's rights... and using excessive force. the police report of the arrest is hard to read, the woman told the officer she was waiting for someone, when scavone put her in handcuffs after she threw her coffee on the ground in irritation. body camera footage shows once scavone put the woman in handcuffs... he threw her to the ground, dragged her 10 feet... and slammed her head into hood of his car several times. he also violated her privacy by reaching inside her shirt and grabbing a phone and another item. this incident happened a year ago, near tropicana and industrial- scavone has been fired from metro... but our requests for the body camera footage have been denied./// ((kirsten joyce)) > the pentagon says 10 us navy sailors held in iran are safely back in american care today. jonathan vigliotti iran's revolutionary guard released these photos of the ten us sailors relaxing -- some even smiling -- while being detained overnight. they arrived this morning, uninjured, (us navy handout video file) to a us military base in the

richard scavone is accused of using excessive force during an arrest... and lying on a report about the incident. this happened a year ago near tropicana and industrial... when scavone stopped a woman while on patrol. police reviewed his body camera footage.. and later turned it over to the d-a's office. that body camera footage has not yet been released by metro. terminated 7- months later on sepembt 10-th. /// ((brian loftus)) > getting those lottery tickets before tonight's drawing.. means you'll have to drive out-of-state. ((kirsten joyce)) why nevada has been in an ongoing battle.. lottery tickets ready, folks... because someone could be the ((brian loftus)) we're just one of only five states without a lottery system. lotteries have never been legal here ever since we became a state. ((kirsten joyce)) and it's all because of an ongoing debate of whether state lawmakers should allow a lottery... in a state known for gambling. we were so close to bringing it here back in 2009... when a bill passed out of the state assembly, but didn't go through the st

after being federally charged for excessive force and officials say last january, richard scavone violated a woman's civil rights by using excessive force during her arrestand then lying in his report-- claiming she was resisting him. metro terminated scavone in september. in just hours we could find out how the solar energy battle will end here in nevada. the public utilities commission is expected to vote on whether or not to hold off on the new solar rate changes. last month, commissioners raised the base service charge for solar customers, and cut the amount of money they'll be paid for producing excess energy. the meeting starts at 8-45, and solar supporters plan to be there rallying. there are rumors that actor mark ruffalo might join the rally.... a group that supporters clean energy tweeted about the rally...tagging mark ruffalo's account the education savings accounts are supposed to be a program that gives families money for but is it actually costing some parents more money? the voucher program offers a little over five thousand dollars per child use on educational expenses like

when the woman refused the commands of officer richard scavone.. he took her by the neck.. threw her to the ground.. then onto the hood of his patrol car. ahead today.... the battle over solar energy could be coming to an end. the public utilities commission is expected to make a decision on the future of net metering rates. last month the commissioners cut the amount people will be paid to sell energy back from they also raised the base service charge for solar customers. the meeting starts at 8:45 this morning...and solar energy supporters plan to hold a rally outside the meeting. there are rumors that actor mark ruffalo might join the rally.... a group that supporters clean energy tweeted about the rally...tagging mark ruffalo's account the u-n-l-v men's basketball team looked a little different on the court last night... but they still managed to pull out a win with a new head coach. as interim head coach todd simon made a great first impression winning his runnin rebel debut "the game was calming. the practices are calming. the parts where it is just basketball are cal

that officer is richard scavone. it all stems from an incident last january...that injured a woman... suspected of engaging in prostitution. court documents show when the woman refused officer scavone's commands... he took her by the neck, threw her to the ground, and then onto the hood of his patrol car. if you are heading out to a watch party, we all want to know what's the weather going to be like. let's get the answer with chief bryan- high pressure remains in control of the forecast right now, but will start to break down tomorrow, as a weak storm our north. high temps will continue a tad below average wednesday and thursday in the mid 50s, with partly cloudy skies and light winds both days. an ex gets revenge... one man stabbed another, and apparently it was all over a woman! right now, the search is on for the attacker! action news reporter parker collins has the story. < it's a wild story... but the focus of it is here... in this room. police say an ex boyfriend saw the woman he was with talking to someone el

to excessive force and richard scavone is accused of beating a woman and lying about it... despite having recorded the arrest on the body camera he was wearing. a federal judge scheduled a march 22-nd trial... and allowed scavone to remain free with some restrictions. if he's convicted... he could face up to 30- years in prison and pay 500- thousand- dollars in fines./// ((denise valdez)) > a local professor's hard work is really paying off... in fact it's his ticket to visit the white house! u-n-l-v computer science professor andreas stefik will be honored next week in our nation's capitol. he's one of nine people to be named a "white house champion of change." stefik created software programs that allows students at inventors: ((andreas stefik, unlv they got it other schools found out and it just exploded all over the place so it's humbling because i never planned for the tech to be used for anything )) ((denise valdez)) the professor's software is now being used in schools in 17 different states. he says he's still not sure who nominated him for the award... but he's tha

richard scavone is accused of violating a person's civil rights, while trying to arrest them... as well as using excessive force.. and lying about the incident in a report. police say it all happened a year ago when he stopped a woman while on patrol near tropicana and industrial. the incident was captured on his body camera footage.. police turned it over to the d-a's office. that footage has not yet been released to the public. scavone as terminated in september./// demetria, how are the roads this morning? demetria obilor injury accident reported on the east side of town at charleston, east of us 95. looks like metro is responding to a situation on westbound sahara just past decatur..this is also a construction zone. you have the city's big storm area. < > back to you! ((brian loftus)) > a local man's passion.. is helping kids.. struggling with the pressures of daily life. ((mary hafner/prinicpal at roy martin middle school:" we hope our kids can learn from him." )) ((kirsten joyce)) coming up.. the man who's personal struggle... has helped prevent... so many teens from falli

((brian loftus)) richard scavone's case reportedly hinges on his body cam footage.. and it's proving difficult to get it released.. the u-s attorney's office says it won't prevent the department from releasing it... however, metro says they will not-- referring to it as evidence. even though.. they are not handling the case and fired scavone in september. the video is public record.. that footage is key.. because it's expected to show scavone roughing up a woman suspected of working as a prostitute. scavone is then accused of lying about the incident in a police report./// ((kirsten joyce)) > since december, we've learned that three officers were arrested... plus the former policeman we just mentioned.... we reached out to community counselor, ron lawrence who says stress on the job can be a contributing factor if a police officer crosses the line into unlawful activities. ((ron lawrence/communi ty counselor: "when you are out in that maze everyday and you become traumatize and become high stress sometimes the brain becomes rewired // "do they always ask for help...n

despite the entire incident being recorded on his body richard scavone's trial is scheduled to begin on march 22nd. if convicted, he faces up to 30 january... scavone was fired in september. we're now learning the identity of the man who was shot and killed while riding his bike early saturday morning... the coroner identified the victim as 23 year old arthur colwell from las vegas. metro says colwell was on his bike near owens and marion around 4 in the morning... when a black pickup truck pulled up next to him. that's when someone opened fire, hitting the man. then the truck sped away. police are still searching for that gunman. allegiant airlines has a new c-o-o this morning... after their previous one suddenly resigned last week. the airline promoted their senior vice president of planning to the position "chief operating officer." recently, the airline's safety record has been coming under fire, after several incidents and emergency landings. the company says they will use the leadership change-- "as an operational needs and areas for improvement." new overnight... we're getting

((vanessa murphy)) dave, richard scavone is a former metro police officer who is suspected of working as a prostitute. he's been indicted on a federal civil rights violation and he's accused of lying on a report about the incident. this is significant because you don't hear much about officers being indicted locally. the incident occurred just over a year ago on january 6-th of 20-15 near tropicana and industrial road. police reviewed scavone's body camera footage at the time and turned it over to the district attorney's office. on march 17-th of last year, metro held a press conference and called his use of force "excessive" and "unreasonable." terminated seven months later on september 10-th. and now that grand jury returned the indictment against him -- meaning they believe there is enough evidence to take the case to trial. ((vanessa murphy)) as for that body camera footage... it has not been made public yet. i reached out to metro to see if the department would release it. a spokesman deferred to the u-s attorney's office, which is handling the case. a spokeswoman there told me t

richard scavone was just indicted on a federal civil rights violation. a u-s justice department said a federal grand jury in nevada indicted scavone on charges.... that he violated a woman's rights by using excessive force... as well as obstruction of justice.. for falsifying the police report.. stating she was resisting arrest. if convicted, he could face up to 30 years in prison and half- this incident occurred in january of 2015... near tropicana and industrial. scavone was fired the following september. we are still waiting to learn if and when scavone's body cam footage will be released. 8 news now will continue to keep you updated on both of these developing stories./// ((kirsten joyce)) > president obama delivered his final state of the union address last night. in it, he laid out his agenda for what he hopes will be a busy 8th year in office. karin caifa has the highlights from capitol hill "mr. speaker, the president of the united states" president obama's final state of the union address struck an optimistic tone. combining an ambitious agenda

./// ((kirsten joyce)) > and the former metro officer pleaded not guilty to federal richard scavone is accused of beating a woman and lying about it.. despite the arrest being recorded on his body cam. this happened in january of 2015.. he was fired the following september. if convicted, scavone could face up to 30 years in prison and half a million dollars in fines. a federal magistrate judge scheduled trial march 22nd and allowed scavone to remain free with some restrictions./// ((brian loftus)) > las vegas based- allegiant air has named a new chief operating officer... after a sudden resignation last week. the airline promoted jude bricker from senior vp of planning to the position. he has been with the company since 2006. allegiant says it will use the leadership change as an opportunity to refocus on operational needs and areas for improvement./// sherry how's the weather today? sherry swensk we're seeing a little of that and it will keep getting colder for the next hour or so. right now we are dropping to 40s and even chillier 30s. ................ yesterday's breezy north winds

richard scavone's trial is scheduled to begin on march 22nd. if convicted, he faces up to 30 years in prison... and 500 thousand dollars in fines. the arrest happened last january... scavone was fired in september. we're now learning the identity of the man who was shot and killed while riding his bike early saturday morning... the coroner identified the victim as 23 year old arthur colwell from las vegas. metro says colwell was on his bike near owens and marion around 4 in the morning... when a black pickup truck pulled up next to him. that's when someone opened fire, hitting the man. then the truck sped away. police are still searching for that gunman. in illinois... community members gathered for a candle-light vigil for a days earlier. the event was held at the intersection where 5-year-old austin ramos junior was shot friday while riding in a car with his father. police are looking for a maroon s-u-v that they say followed the car, pulled up beside it and opened fire. it's unknown how many shots were fired or if austin's father may have be

morning..to the formemrofcer..dicted by a federal grandry..r a civirhts violaon.brian loftus)) richard scavone is accused of using excessive force against a prostitute during an arrest. his case.. reportedly hinges on his body camera footage.. which is public record.. but.. it's proving difficult to get it released. metro says they will not release the viceo.. calling it evidence.. but the u-s attorney's office says it's not preventing the department from making it public. we'll let you know if or when the video is released./// ((kirsten joyce)) > since december, we've learned that three officers were arrested... plus the former policeman we just mentioned.... we reached out to community counselor, ron lawrence who says stress on the job can be a big contributing factor when police officers cross the line into unlawful activities. ((ron lawrence/communi ty counselor: "when you are out in that maze everyday and you become traumatize and become high stress sometimes the brain becomes rewired // "do they always ask for help...not always.")) abuse of power can happen in law enforcement...a s in an

officer richard scavone is accused of roughing up a suspected prostitute on january sixth of last year near tropicana and industrial road. on march 17-th of last year, the district attorney's office announced it was filing misdemeanor charges against the eight-year veteran of the force. metro held a press conference that same day calling scavone's actions "excessive" and unreasonable. seven months later, the department fired scavone. then, on tuesday a grand jury returned an indictment against scavone -- determining there is it was then that we asked metro to release the body camera video. they deferred to the u-s attorney's office, which is prosecuting the case. a spokeswoman from the u-s attorney's office told us they would not prevent metro from releasing the video. we then took the request back to metro. the department told us yesterday that they would not release it... stating that it is evidence in the case... even after the agency that's prosecuting gave the release the go- ahead. that's when we filed the freedom of information act request and asked metro to cite specific exempt

richard scavone is accused of using excessive force against a prostitute during an arrest a year ago. he's since been fired from the force. his case.. reportedly hinges on his body camera footage.. which is public record.. but.. it's proving difficult to get it released. metro says they will not release the video.. calling it evidence.. but the u-s attorney's office department from making it public. we'll let you know if or when the video is released. /// ((paula francis)) > tonight's school board meeting is shaping up to be an interesting one. one of the issues on the agenda is the approval of new contract boosting teachers pay. patranya bhoolsuwan is live at the ed greer education building where the meeting has just started. what's the latest? this comes after months of negotiations, dozens of teachers rally .. but now a deal has been struck between clar county school district and teachers union. what we do know is that it's a 2 year contract. four pay raises over the next 9 months and a 15 percent bump in starting salary for teachers. so from the base pay of around 35 thousand up t

the justice department says "richard thomas scavone" used excessive force during the arrest, then falsified a report about it. it happened back on january 6th, 2015, and metro says the incident was captured on body camera. he's accused of grabbing the victim around her throwing her to the ground. he faces up to 30 years in prison, if the civil rights count and obstruction count. former clark county commissioner tom collins says he will still run for north las vegas mayor... even after pleading "no contest" to a d-u-i charge. "cant change history. i made a mistake. but im still tom collins. im still the man that goes out there and works hard for everybody. everyday." collins appeared before a judge tuesday. on a charge for driving impaired back in december... after a crash while leaving the n-f-r at the thomas and mack. collins says he went to victim impact class and did a d-u-i school course online. the judge also ordered him to pay a 685 dollar fine. "potus says: "our unique strengths as a nation - our optimism and work ethic, our spirit of discovery and innovation, our diversity and commi

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

charges of violating the civil rights of a person he was trying to arrest. 49- year- old richard thomas scavone is accused of using excessive force while arresting a woman he believed to be involved in prostitution. according to the indictment... body camera footage shows scavone grabbing the woman around the neck... and throwing her to the ground. it also states he hit the woman on the forehead with an open palm... of his patrol car. if convicted... the 8- year- metro veteran faces a maximum sentence of 20- years behind bars./// ((ve courvoisier)) > another metro officer was arrested... this one for domestic violence. officer james burt was arrested for domestic battery by kidnapping. he's been with the department since 2005 and is relieved of duty without pay pending the investigation./// motorcyclist is dead... after a crash in henderson. this happened around four this afternoon... on lake mead parkway near industrial park... that's just east of the 95. police say the motorcycle crashed into an s-u-v. the driver of the s-u-v wasn't seriously hurt... the motorcycle driver was taken to sunrise

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 says he still plans to eventually run for north las vegas mayor. this after pleading "no contest" to a d-u-i charge on 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 there. and i celebrate independence day. i still win elections by landslides. " collins says he went to victim impact class and did a d-u-i course 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 will be back in court in february. mex

richard scavone is accused of beating a woman and lying about it.. despite the arrest being recorded on his body cam. this happened in january of 2015.. he was fired the following september. if convicted, scavone could face up to 30 years in prison and half a million dollars in fines. a federal magistrate judge scheduled trial march 22nd and allowed scavone to remain free with some restrictions./// ((brian loftus)) > las vegas based- allegiant air has named a new chief operating officer... after a sudden resignation last week. the airline promoted jude bricker from senior vp of he has been with the company since 2006. allegiant says it will use the leadership change as an opportunity to refocus on operational needs and areas for improvement./// ((brian loftus)) > all eyes were to the sky this weekend in mesquite for the annual hot air balloon festival. about 40 balloons were launched into the air one right after the other in the mornings just after sunrise... and the day finished with a balloon glow after sunset.. the festival wrapped up last night./

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. 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. police are looking for a suspect they say stabbed a man, and took off. it happened morning--at the safari motel on fremont and bruce. metro says the suspect came to his ex-girlfriend's room and stabbed her friend several times. the victim was taken to the hospital in critical condition. police did not say who they are looking for. if you know anything about this stabbing, call crime stoppers at 702-385-55-55. president obama delivers his seventh - and final - state of the union address. where he laid out his vision for the country. fox news correspondent caroline shively has more shively says: "the president said it's time to stand up... speak out... and fix our politics." president obama u