police say 42-year-old wilbert knight, 28-year-old brandon black, and 23-year-old quincy williams were indicted for multiple home invasion charges. around late july, early august, in the early evening hours, police say they broke into homes, sometimes masked. they used zipties to restrain their victims, seriously beat them with handguns and revolvers. these aren't easy cases to solve, because the crimes generally occur quickly, and a lot of times, phsyical evidence is not left behind. able to gather clues from the scene, and after collecting dna evidence, metro identified the suspects by the end of august. the other thing that helped out, and is always a help for everybody in the community is sometimes we have neighbors that are keeping an eye on the neighborhood and they see something that just doesn't look right, and that gets reported to the police. two of the suspects are being held in federal custody because of previous felony convictions. back in 2006, black was convicted of felonies involving carjackings, and in 2012 he was convicted of felony for being in posession of explosive

quincy williams, brandon black and wilbert knight j. >> we are glad of these individuals are off the streets today. reporter: the clark county district attorney and the metropolice sergeant detail the heinous crimes that happened over the summer in the southwest valley. they comes were bound with zip ties and beaten with hand guns and revolvers. >> there is no reason the suspects ended up at the victim posh homes. there were looking for elderly people that would be an easy targetnothing at all to link them. reporter: all three men face 46 different felonies and a >> they will not see the day of light, or the like of day i should say, for a long, long time. jessica: that was kelsey thomas reporting. officers say these crimes are typical to solve. fortunately and unfortunately, physical evidence was left at one home. all three men for arrestjim: a man is very think will to be ok after a scary road rage attack with a machete in utah. jason harper says a driver followed him home after he slowed down in a school zone and the guy behind him and not like it. after jumping out of his car to

say the suspects broke into several homes in the southwest valley over the summer. 42-year-old wilbert knight, 28-year-old brandon black, and 23-year-old quincy williams are facing a combined 46 charges. metro says the men broke into homes and used zipties to restrain their victims. police also say they beat them with handguns and revolvers. detectives say the trio left a lot of behind. "the other thing that helped out, and is always a help for everybody in the community is sometimes we have neighbors that are keeping an eye on the neighborhood and they see something that just doesn't look right, and that gets reported to the police." district attorney steve wolfson is vowing to make sure these guys pay for their crimes. all of the suspects are facing 1st-degree kidnapping charges. if convicted, they could spend the rest of the lives in prison. chicago police officer jason van dyke is now formally indicted for the shooting death of 17-year- old laquan mcdonald. dyke shot mcdonald 16 times in an incident last year. the indictment includes 6 counts of first degree murder and one count of offici

wilbert knight, jr. and quincy williams are all from l-a. as action news anchor jacqui heinrich tells us tonight.. felony charges. these 3 men could spend a lot of time behind bars if district attorney steve wolfson gets his way...he says he wants to make an example out of brandon black, william knight jr, and quincy williams...after they allegedly broke into at least 3 homes over a span of 5 weeks...beating their victims with handguns and revolvers while bound by zip ties. "they deserve to be an example for their conduct, their conduct was outrageous, extremely violent against innocent senior citizens" a grand jury indicted the three men on 46 felony charges on wednesday...after a lengthy investigation by police. "if you can imagine that you're sitting at home with your family, significant other, and the door gets kicked in, and in comes people brandishing firearms, screaming and yelling at you, putting you down on the ground, tying you up, battering you with firearms, ransacking your house, and in some heinous nature of the crimes and the

detectives say wilbert knight, brandon black and quincy williams got extremely violent -- pistol whipping some victims and worse. ((lt. jack clements/ metro police: "they tie you up. they ransack your house steal items out of your house and then in some instances commit a sexual assault." )) ((mauricio marin)) a horrific ordeal like this can be extremely traumatizing. according to a counselor at the community counseling center of southern nevada... it's a panic inducing moment because people don't know if they'll come out alive this can ((ronald lawrence/communit y counseling center of so. nv: "what this involves is disturbing recollections, not feeling safe anymore in your environment. scanning the horizon for dangers, nightmares, of course over time is this acute stress reaction turns into post traumatic stress." )) ((mauricio marin)) lawrence says it can also cause some to worry in the community even if they weren't personally victimized. especially because police say the suspects preyed on random victims. ((ronald lawrence/communit y counseling center of so. nv: "it causes a sense of

police say 42-year-old wilbert knight, 28-year-old brandon black, and 23-year-old quincy williams were indicted for multiple home invasion charges. around late july, early august, in the early evening hours, police say they broke into homes, sometimes masked. they used zipties to restrain their victims, seriously beat them with handguns and revolvers. these aren't easy cases to solve, because the crimes of times, phsyical evidence is not left behind. but in this case, detectives were able to gather clues from the scene, and after collecting dna evidence, metro identified the suspects by the end of august. the other thing that helped out, and is always a help for everybody in the community is sometimes we have neighbors that are keeping an eye on the neighborhood and they see something that just doesn't look right, and that gets reported to the police. two of the suspects are being held in federal custody because of previous felony convictions. back in 2006, black was convicted of felonies involving carjackings, and in 2012 he was convicted of felony for being in posession of explosives

wilbert knight, jr. and quincy williams are all from l-a.. they burglarized at least three homes during a five-week stretch. now.. they've been indicted on 46 felony charges. and state attorneys say they want to make these three men an example. "if you can imagine that you're sitting at home with your family, significant other, and the door gets kicked in, and in comes people brandishing firearms, screaming and yelling at you, putting you down on the ground, tying you up, "they deserve to be an example for their conduct, their conduct was outrageous, because of the heinous nature of the crimes and the identities of the victims.. police wouldn't elaborate on when or where the crimes happened.. but they say it all went down in the southwest part of the valley.. multiple senior citizens were involved.. and a child was in the home on more information on that cc-s-d custodian who shocked parents at one elementary school.. michael skelton is accused of gross lewdness for what he was caught doing after hours in a classroom. an address we found for s

wilbert knight, brandon black and quincy williams are behind bars... officials say they kicked down doors, assaulted the people inside...then robbed them. (((lt. jack clements/ metro police: "imagine that you're at home with your family watching tv making dinner and then all of a sudden the door to your house gets broken in." )) ((lt. jack clements/ metro police: "they tie you up. they ransack your house steal items out of your house and then in some instances commit a sexual assault." )) ((kirsten joyce)) police said the crime spree lasted over a five week period from the end of july to the beginning of august. the suspects were arrested in september. district attorney steve wolfson said d- n-a evidence collected by crime scene investigators helped identify the suspects./// ((brian loftus)) > peaceful protesters took to the streets of baltimore overnight.. after a mistrial was declared in the freddie gray case. at least two were arrested yesterday... after rallies erupted once the judge made the announcement.. officer william porter is the first of 6

wilbert knight, brandon black and quincy williams are behind bars... officials say they kicked down doors, assaulted the people inside...then robbed them. (((lt. jack clements/ metro police: "imagine that you're at home with your family watching tv making dinner and then all of a sudden the door to your house gets broken in." )) ((lt. jack clements/ metro police: "they tie you up. they ransack your house steal items out of your house and then in some instances commit a sexual assault." )) ((brian loftus)) police said the crime spree lasted over a five week period from the end of july to the beginning of august. the suspects were arrested in september. district attorney steve wolfson said d- n-a evidence collected by crime scene investigators helped identify the suspects./// ((brian loftus)) > we spoke with a counselor... who says a home invasion can be extremely traumatizing for victims... but afterward as well.. thanks to.a condition called acute stress injury: ((ronald lawrence/communi ty counseling center of so. nv: "what this involves is disturbing

quincy williams, brandon black, and wilbert knight accused of breaking in to three homes this past summer. the victims robbed, beaten, some of them even raped in their own homes. those are the accusations. apparently the crimes were random. police say the suspect targeted senior citizens. physical evidence left behind in one home led to a break in the case, all three men have been arrested, and now they're facing a combined 46 felonies, facing up to a lifetime behind bars. >> kim: it is now 6:06 a.m. and two big-time major league baseball stars who were from las vegas are going to be honored in a great way today. >> dana: right there on fremont street in downtown las vegas and that's where we find craig figener this morning, so it's kris bryant and bryce harper, right there, later on tonight right there on the third street stage. >> the reporter: it will happen both made some amazing accomplishments as far as sports goes, so las vegas mayor carolyn goodman will be giving both of them the key to the city. now i want to cap for you a little bit of their career highlights, to give you an ide

wilbert knight, jr. and quincy williams...all from l-a. this morning they're indicted on almost 50 felony charges! and they could spend a lot of time behind bars...district attorney steve wolfson says he wants to make an example out of them. because of the heinous nature of the crimes police are protecting the victim's identies. but we can tell you the attacks happened in the southwest part of the valley to multiple senior citizens. police are looking for the people responsible for stabbing a man to death. according to investigators it all started yesterday morning with a fight between squatters. the fight happened in the courtyard of an apartment complex near nellis and boulder highway. it then moved upstairs to a second story unit and things escalated...leaving a man in his 30's dead. people of interest right now. good morning las vegas is live every weekday with all of your weather, traffic and breaking news... join us-- four-30 to seven.. more local news headlines are coming up on action news live >>> good thursday morning. you're taki