Las Vegas | InsideOjodu https://www.insideojodu.com ...conecting the community Thu, 02 Jan 2020 22:51:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.9.10 http://www.insideojodu.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/favicon.ico Las Vegas | InsideOjodu https://www.insideojodu.com 32 32 LA Police release terrifying footage of apparent kidnapping https://www.insideojodu.com/la-police-release-terrifying-footage-of-apparent-kidnapping/ https://www.insideojodu.com/la-police-release-terrifying-footage-of-apparent-kidnapping/#respond Thu, 02 Jan 2020 22:51:10 +0000 https://www.insideojodu.com/?p=9828 Police in Las Vegas have arrested a man in connection with a video showing…

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Police in Las Vegas have arrested a man in connection with a video showing a young woman pleading for help at a stranger’s door before being kidnapped shortly after midnight on New Year’s Day.

According to ABC News, Darnell Rodgers, 23, was arrested in Las Vegas and has been charged with kidnapping and domestic battery.

The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department released doorbell footage from a home near Warm Springs Road and I-215 taken around 12:48 a.m. that shows an apparent kidnapping.

An unidentified woman, around 20-30 years old, runs to a house where she bangs on the door and screams for help. Directly behind her, a man around the same age gets out of a white Hyundai Sonata and charges toward her.

He can be seen pulling her from the door and throwing her to the ground before violently kicking her.

“Why would you f—ing do that?” he yells out. “Get in the car! Get in the car!”

He grabs the woman by her hair and drags her into the vehicle; the two are last seen taking off in the car.

Police report that the woman has been found and is safe. Rodgers was arrested Thursday and is at the Clark County jail.

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McCarran International Airport shooting injures ‘suspect’ https://www.insideojodu.com/mccarran-international-airport-shooting-injures-suspect/ https://www.insideojodu.com/mccarran-international-airport-shooting-injures-suspect/#respond Thu, 21 Nov 2019 15:55:48 +0000 https://www.insideojodu.com/?p=8883 One person was injured and being treated at a local hospital after an officer-involved…

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One person was injured and being treated at a local hospital after an officer-involved shooting at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas on Thursday morning, officials said.

Only described as a “suspect” by police, it wasn’t immediately clear what offense authorities believed the person committed.

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LVMPD is currently working an Officer Involved Shooting at the 5700 block of Wayne Newton.

Suspect was struck, unknown condition. At this time it has been reported that officers are not injured.

PIO is working on obtaining Media Staging Area.

The injured person was taken to University Medical Center and police said they were working on setting up a media staging area to provide additional information.

McCarran Airport is located about five miles south of Las Vegas’ downtown area.

The airport’s Twitter account said that flight operations were not affected by the incident.

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Lots of media coverage this morning on an officer involved shooting at the airport… @LVMPD is investigating. Travelers are advised this law enforcement incident is NOT affecting flight operations @LASairport this morning.

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Restaurant owner sues DoorDash after delivery driver allegedly stabs him https://www.insideojodu.com/restaurant-owner-sues-doordash-after-delivery-driver-allegedly-stabs-him/ https://www.insideojodu.com/restaurant-owner-sues-doordash-after-delivery-driver-allegedly-stabs-him/#respond Sun, 08 Sep 2019 22:21:54 +0000 https://www.insideojodu.com/?p=7382 A Las Vegas restaurant owner sued DoorDash, claiming a loophole in the food delivery…

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A Las Vegas restaurant owner sued DoorDash, claiming a loophole in the food delivery service’s background check process nearly resulted in his death after a delivery driver with a history of violence and mental illness stabbed him.

Fabio Coppola, the owner of Roma Deli & Restaurant in Las Vegas, was stabbed last October — allegedly by Mackie Lee Allen, 32, after the DoorDash driver came to pick up an order at his establishment.

Allen was arrested and charged last November with attempted murder, battery with use of a deadly weapon, battery with intent to kill and assault with a deadly weapon, Fox 5 reported.

Coppola said he went up to Allen’s driver’s side window to let him know the food was ready for his delivery run when Allen allegedly became hostile. The lawsuit stated that Allen became aggressive and started screaming obscenities at Coppola once inside the restaurant.

The owner then tried to escort Allen out when the driver pulled out a pocketknife and sliced Coppola before chasing him around the parking lot, the lawsuit continued. Allen also allegedly stabbed Coppola in the ribs and back.

Ultimately, Allen was said to have delivered the customer’s order.

An attorney for Coppola said Allen passed DoorDash’s background check process, a service called Checkr — which reviewed seven years of his criminal history — even though Allen had prior felony convictions for forgery and robbery, and even though a judge had required him to “obtain further mental health evaluation.” Allen had been serving a prison sentence during the background-check window.

“DoorDash’s flawed background check policy almost cost Mr. Coppola his life,” Coppola’s attorney, Richard Schonfeld, said. “This case raises important questions in terms of the minimum standards that should be required to protect both consumers and restaurant workers.”

The lawsuit claimed DoorDash made a decision to look the other way when hiring or supervising drivers.

“At DoorDash, we take the safety of our community extremely seriously. We sincerely regret that this incident fell short of the experience we strive to give our customers every day,” the company announced in a statement. “While we can’t comment on active litigation, we have taken appropriate actions including deactivating the Dasher from our platform for failing to follow and maintain our code of conduct.”

A representative at DoorDash said the company dismissed Allen for failing to follow and maintain its code of conduct.

Coppola was seeking $50,000 in damages.

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