{"id":218865,"date":"2022-06-25T19:51:21","date_gmt":"2022-06-26T02:51:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=218865"},"modified":"2022-06-26T13:26:14","modified_gmt":"2022-06-26T20:26:14","slug":"las-vegas-vagrant-threatens-to-kill-eat-police-officers-near-casino-cops-reveal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/las-vegas-vagrant-threatens-to-kill-eat-police-officers-near-casino-cops-reveal\/","title":{"rendered":"Las Vegas Vagrant Threatens to Kill, Eat Police Officers Near Casino, Cops Reveal"},"content":{"rendered":"

A suspected vagrant who allegedly threatened to kill and eat Las Vegas police officers and spit at a police car remains in jail today. He was first spotted by Metro cops laying on a sidewalk in front of Texas Station<\/a> Gambling Hall and Hotel on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

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Kenneth Prescott, pictured above in a mug shot. He allegedly threatened to kill and eat Las Vegas police officers. He also spit at a police car, cops said. (Image: LVMPD)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Police went up to the man, later identified as Kenneth Prescott, 47, whose last known address is Las Vegas. He was sleeping on the sidewalk.<\/p>\n

Officers told him he had to move from the sidewalk. He just stared back at the officers, KLAS<\/em>, a local TV station, reported.<\/p>\n

An officer then asked him for his name. He replied \u201cJohn Doe.\u201d He then said he had no name.<\/p>\n

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Then officers warned him they would be forced to incarcerate him if he did not provide his identity. Prescott started to yell obscenities at them, KLAS<\/em> said. He refused to go to jail.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

He then got up, walked to a Metro police car, and spit on it, authorities said. Then, Prescott escalated the situation.<\/p>\n

He put up his fists. He told the cops he was \u201cready\u201d for a fight, KLAS<\/em> said. Soon, he picked up a rock.<\/p>\n

Then, he walked toward a nearby bus stop. He kept tossing the rock in the air.<\/p>\n

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He then threatened to kill and eat the officers, KLAS<\/em> said. He put the rock down, but did not move away from the rock. He did not follow orders from the officers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Police Fire Taser<\/h2>\n

Police officers eventually fired a taser to stun Prescott. He was apprehended. He remained in custody at the Clark County Detention Center as of late Saturday.<\/p>\n

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He was charged with intimidating a public officer, resisting with a deadly weapon, and vagrancy. If convicted, he could end up incarcerated.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Texas Station is temporarily closed, according to online websites. It has been shuttered since the COVID-19 pandemic. It may reopen next year.<\/p>\n

Wounded Police Officer Paralyzed<\/h2>\n

In an unrelated incident, a man confessed to shooting a Las Vegas Metro police officer in 2020. He was sentenced in April to at least 20 years in prison.<\/p>\n

The shooting took place outside of Circus Circus Hotel & Casino. It left the officer mostly paralyzed.<\/p>\n

Las Vegas District Judge Carli Kierny gave Edgar Samaniego the maximum sentence. In November, he pled guilty to several charges for the June 1, 2020 wounding of Officer Shay Mikalonis<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Mikalonis remains wheelchair-bound from the wounds. He is paralyzed from the neck down. Nurses need to provide him basic care around the clock.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The bullet went through Mikalonis\u2019 spine and became lodged in his face, KVVU<\/em>, another local TV station, reported. Doctors at Las Vegas\u2019 University Medical Center were able to save his life despite a high risk of death. UMC surgeons removed a bullet from his body.<\/p>\n

Then he went to a specialized rehabilitation center in Colorado. Last year, he came back to Las Vegas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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