LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A person accused of robbing a Summerlin nail salon armed with a hearth extinguisher was attributable to be sentenced subsequent week in a distinct theft case and was on parole for comparable incidents from a number of years in the past, the 8 Information Now Investigators have discovered.
Brandon Potter, 27, faces prices together with theft and housebreaking of a enterprise for an incident Monday, April 28, at Rio Nails, data stated. Three masked males robbed workers and clients on the nail salon, police stated, later suspecting Potter as one of many males concerned.
Potter’s prices are enhanced as a result of a minimum of one alleged sufferer is older than 60.
On the time of his arrest two days after the theft, Potter was awaiting sentencing on one case and on parole for a string of robberies from 2018, paperwork stated.
One of many males sprayed the enterprise with a hearth extinguisher whereas the 2 others grabbed purses and cell telephones, police stated. Metro police later situated an SUV they believe the trio left in. The SUV was rented to Potter, paperwork stated.
An hour earlier than the nail salon theft, an identical theft occurred in a enterprise car parking zone the place a person stole from a pair with assistance from a hearth extinguisher, paperwork stated.
Throughout an interview with police, Potter denied collaborating within the robberies. It was not clear Thursday who the opposite two suspects had been.
When police contacted a member of the family of Potter’s to ask about his whereabouts, that particular person instructed police, “What did he do now?”
In August 2024, Potter, armed with a gun, stole a cellphone from a lady, resulting in his arrest on a theft cost. He later pleaded responsible to theft and was attributable to be sentenced in that case on Might 15. As a part of the plea deal in that case, prosecutors agreed to a sentence of probation; nevertheless, it was not clear what would occur now that Potter confronted new prices.
For his 2018 case, a choose sentenced him to 30-90 months in jail. As a result of the parole board granted him parole and he served his sentence, his 2024 cost didn’t have an effect on his 2018 case, and he was not remanded into custody for a violation.
Potter remained in custody Thursday as a choose denied him bail.
