HENDERSON, Nev. (KLAS) — The person accused of hitting a Henderson police sergeant with a stolen automotive, leading to a capturing Monday, was presupposed to be on home arrest however failed to look in court docket months in the past, the 8 Information Now Investigators have discovered.
Johnathan Gaston, 43, faces costs of tried homicide of a police officer, battery with a lethal weapon and different costs, information stated.
On Monday, Henderson police obtained a report of a stolen Jeep close to Lake Mead Parkway and Boulder Freeway, paperwork stated. A Henderson police sergeant within the space positioned the automotive in entrance of a restaurant and parked his patrol automotive in entrance of the stolen car.
As a second officer arrived within the space, the motive force of the Jeep “suddenly accelerated his vehicle toward [the sergeant] who was standing near the driver’s side door of his patrol vehicle,” paperwork stated. The sergeant then fired 5 rounds on the driver.
The motive force then drove off, hit a road signal and crashed into two parked vehicles close by, paperwork stated. Different officers then detained him, figuring out him as Gaston. Paramedics introduced Gaston to a hospital the place he was handled for a gunshot wound to his arm.
The sergeant was handled for a head harm and obtained 11 staples, police stated.
On the time of Monday’s incident, Gaston was on home arrest on housebreaking and gun costs following his September 2024 arrest in Las Vegas, information stated. Information present 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 submit bail.
Las Vegas Justice Courtroom Decide Ann Zimmerman later ordered a home arrest evaluation and Gaston posted bail in October. By Oct. 14, Gaston had absconded from home arrest and later failed to look for a subsequent court docket listening to. Zimmerman then ordered his arrest by a bench warrant. The warrant remained energetic as of Tuesday.
Particulars about what led as much as Gaston’s arrest in September weren’t instantly obtainable. It was additionally not clear Tuesday what occurred to Gaston’s ankle monitor after he failed to look in court docket.
Gaston was scheduled to look in Henderson Justice Courtroom on Wednesday. A listening to was not scheduled in his Las Vegas case. He remained jailed on the Henderson Detention Heart as of Tuesday forward of his court docket listening to.
Courtroom information spell Gaston’s title as “Johnathan” and “Jonathan.”
