LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A Metro officer accused of pointing a gun at his separated spouse and her boyfriend faces costs nearly a 12 months after the incident first occurred, paperwork mentioned.
On Feb. 3, 2024, a then-deputy chief obtained a telephone name from one other individual alleging LVMPD Officer Robert Bell had entered his spouse’s house and pointed a gun at her and her boyfriend, paperwork mentioned.
Bell and the sufferer have been within the strategy of getting a divorce, based on an arrest report. Bell has labored for the LVMPD since 1999 and was assigned to the Group Security Division, Enterprise Space Command.
The sufferer instructed police the 2 lived in separate residences and Bell moved out mid-January 2024. She mentioned the divorce stemmed from Bell having an affair, paperwork mentioned.
The sufferer started talking with Bell’s affair accomplice’s husband and the 2 turned shut and began relationship, the report acknowledged.
She instructed police she went to a live performance along with her daughter on Feb. 2 and after the live performance, the boyfriend met them on the sufferer’s home. The daughter hugged him on the entrance door, which was caught on digital camera, based on the report.
The daughter instructed police she believed Bell noticed the hug on the digital camera as a result of he nonetheless had entry, so he went to the sufferer’s home.
Whereas the sufferer and the boyfriend have been in her bed room having intercourse, Bell unlocked the entrance door to the house with a safety system app, based on the report.
Bell then entered the bed room and pointed his firearm at them, saying “Get your hands up… why are you in my house?” the report acknowledged.
Bell then instructed the sufferer to “get out of the line of fire” and when she refused, Bell faked a 911 name and pretended to ask for police.
The boyfriend instructed police he mentioned, “So, it’s ok for you to [expletive] my wife though?” Bell instructed the boyfriend to depart and when the boyfriend requested the sufferer to depart with him, Bell mentioned, “She’s not going anywhere with you,” based on the report.
Bell walked the boyfriend out of the home along with his gun holstered on his left hip, the report acknowledged. After the boyfriend left, Bell “verbally berated” the sufferer and finally left, saying he would “be watching nearby,” the report acknowledged.
The sufferer instructed police she was afraid for her life and not felt secure in her house as a result of Bell had entry to it. The boyfriend additionally instructed police that he “believed it was possible he was going to be shot,” the report acknowledged.
On Feb. 3, 2024, detectives went to Bell’s work and requested if he could be prepared to provide an announcement. Bell refused to talk to police, the report acknowledged.
Officers arrested Bell on Jan. 15, 11 months after the incident. Ge faces the next costs:
Assault with a lethal weapon
Coercion with menace of power with a lethal weapon
Kidnapping 1st diploma with a lethal weapon
Bell was held on a $100,000 bail and posted bond. His bail situations are to don’t have any contact with the victims and adjust to baby protecting companies.
His subsequent courtroom look was scheduled for Feb. 27.
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