LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — The person accused of hitting a Henderson police sergeant with a stolen automobile, leading to a capturing Monday, faces expenses for the same incident from final fall involving a Las Vegas police cruiser, the 8 Information Now Investigators have realized.
Henderson police arrested Johnathan Gaston, 43, on Monday after they mentioned he “suddenly accelerated his vehicle toward [a sergeant] who was standing near the driver’s side door of his patrol vehicle,” paperwork mentioned. The sergeant then fired 5 rounds on the Gaston, hitting him.
Gaston faces expenses of tried homicide of a police officer, battery with a lethal weapon and different expenses, information mentioned. The sergeant was handled for a head harm and obtained 11 staples, police mentioned.
On the time of Monday’s incident, Gaston was on home arrest on housebreaking and gun expenses following his September 2024 arrest in Las Vegas, information mentioned.
On Sept. 23, Gaston allegedly accelerated a stolen automobile right into a police cruiser, paperwork mentioned. Officers responded to a report of a driver, later recognized as Gaston, sleeping behind the wheel of a operating automobile at a gasoline station.
“I heard the engine rev prior to impact, indicating that he had hit the throttle prior to impact,” an officer wrote in Gaston’s arrest report.
The license plate on the automobile didn’t match its VIN quantity, police mentioned, including the car was stolen in August.
After his arrest, Professional Temp Decide Decide Lauren Diefenbach set Gaston’s bail at $23,000 throughout an preliminary listening to on Sept. 24. A second professional temp decide later raised the quantity to $25,000 with the stipulation Gaston put on an ankle monitor ought to he put up bail.
Gaston later absconded from home arrest as early as October and failed to look in court docket, information mentioned. It was additionally not clear what occurred to Gaston’s ankle monitor after he failed to look in court docket.
Court docket information spell Gaston’s title as “Johnathan” and “Jonathan.”
Throughout his preliminary court docket look Wednesday, a decide didn’t set bail attributable to Gaston’s bench warrant in his September case, information mentioned. An arraignment was scheduled for Jan. 21.
