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cheezit wrote:Carma.... it will always get ya

Karma is even worse.

Oldgringo wrote:

WildBill wrote:Las Vegas Metro police officer Thomas Mendiola was charged on a felony weapons charge for giving a handgun to a two-time felon. His preliminary hearing is scheduled for May 24th. Mendiola was one of the LVMP officers who shot and killed Erik Scott outside the Summerlin Costco last year.

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The word "giving" implies a "gift". Did no money change hands or was the gun truly a "gift" between a convicted and an unconvicted felon?

Not that is matters, legally, the story stated that the gun was given to Mr. Justice [the felon] in payment for some mechanical work performed on Mendiolo's car.

The main witness for the prosecution isn't a model citizen. Robert Justice, a two time convicted felon, is turning state witness. He alledgely sold the gun obtained from Mendiola and another gun to an undercover police officer. According to the criminal complaint, Justice told Mendiola about his criminal convictions and Mendiola admitted to knowing about them.

Justice is also charged with conspiring with former Metro Officer William Webb to kill Webb's girlfriend, attorney Nancy Quon.

http://www.lvrj.com/news/federal-probe- ... 82798.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

http://www.lvrj.com/news/attorney-at-he ... 82808.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

After reading all of this stuff, it's going to take years to resolve all of the legal issues.

McKnife wrote:A rogue cop who believe's he's above the law... hopefully he'll rot in prison, but it's doubtful. Welcome to Las Vegas, the NEW New Orleans.

His lawyer, Ulrich Smith, already has a defense strategy:
1) Officer Mendiola didn't know that Robert Justice was a convicted felon and
2) Even if he did know the gun didn't have any sights, and it was old and rusty and probably didn't even work.

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Las Vegas Metro police officer Thomas Mendiola was charged on a felony weapons charge for giving a handgun to a two-time felon. His preliminary hearing is scheduled for May 24th. Mendiola was one of the LVMP officers who shot and killed Erik Scott outside the Summerlin Costco last year.

http://www.lvrj.com/news/hearing-set-fo ... 34593.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;