LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A retired Henderson police lieutenant will reply an arrest warrant in justice courtroom Tuesday on allegations of kid abuse, neglect or endangerment, the 8 Information Now Investigators have discovered.
A prison criticism filed in courtroom by the Clark County District Lawyer on Feb. 12 in opposition to John V. Bozarth, also referred to as “Jeb” Bozarth, says on Jan. 5 the longtime Henderson police officer grabbed a younger girl by the “arm and/or neck,” “forcibly moving” her and “pinning” her to the wall whereas holding her “by the neck and/or yelling and/or screaming” at her. The Affidavit for Warrant, additionally filed in courtroom and sworn out by the Henderson Police Division, indicated the younger girl had two small bruises on her chest. The affidavit went on to say the sufferer “stated it felt like a ‘psychotic break’ with the way he [Bozarth] was acting and behaving.”
Bozarth retired on Jan. 12, 5 days after the alleged incident, in line with data offered by a metropolis spokeswoman. The spokeswoman confirmed Bozarth was employed by the Henderson Police Division in August 2006, and that the town classifies his leaving the division as a “regular retirement” with the rank of lieutenant. The 8 Information Now Investigators had requested, amongst different issues, whether or not Bozarth filed for an early retirement.
An interview with Bozarth’s spouse earlier than she acquired an lawyer and stopped speaking with police, a part of the 13-page Affidavit for Warrant, offers what could also be some context about her husband, saying Bozarth would come dwelling from work “either angry or defeated due to stress of his retirement and issues with the current administration,” in line with the affidavit. The lady additionally instructed police that after Bozarth’s retirement, he and his household had been planning a transfer to Texas, the affidavit says.
Certainly, the administration of the Henderson Police Division is in a interval of upheaval after its chief, Hollie Chadwick, was given an ultimatum final month: resign by March 6 or be fired.
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Different particulars concerning the Jan. 5 incident embrace one individual saying that “all of the” inside dwelling safety cameras at Bozarth’s dwelling, “controlled by Jeb on his phone,” “had been removed after the incident.”
Bozarth’s lawyer of document, Lance Maningo, filed a Movement to Quash the arrest warrant through which the attorneys ask the decide to permit Bozarth to return to courtroom voluntarily on Tuesday and be launched from police custody on his personal recognizance.
Considered one of Bozarth’s different attorneys, Robert Langford, offered the next assertion to the 8 Information Now Investigators, in its entirety:
“This is a serious allegation, the timing of which is still being investigated. At this time we have no comment and are looking forward to presenting the rest of the story which will clear Mr. Bozarth’s name but will sadly not restore his reputation. I would ask that the public be patient because allegations are just opinions. Sometimes they are outrageously wrong.”
8 Information Now profiled Bozarth, who additionally owns a safety consulting agency in Henderson, at a coaching train for first responders.
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Moreover, Bozarth was cleared of any wrongdoing within the deadly 2009 police capturing of a person on the Sierra Campus of St. Rose Hospital in Henderson. On the time, 8 Information Now reported that the sufferer, Charles Campbell, arrived on the hospital with a gun, telling individuals he needed to donate his organs. Police mentioned Campbell was threatening individuals and refusing to surrender when Bozarth and one other officer opened fireplace.
