Commissioner Collins charged with misdemeanors for discharging firearm
Clark County Commissioner Tom Collins is facing misdemeanor charges for unlawfully discharging a firearm within the city limits and disturbing the peace, the North Las Vegas city attorney's office announced Wednesday.
Collins was drinking and shooting on his North Las Vegas property on the night of July 3, according to a police report.
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The 62-year-old Collins told police he "was mad at his tree so he took his firearm out of the truck and began to shoot at the tree and a post in his backyard. Collins stopped talking ... and he advised he wanted to take back that statement," according to the report. Eight officers responded to the scene that night. Officers noted empty beer cans and a whiskey bottle on the ground as well as unopened containers of alcohol on Collins' truck tailgate.
Officers did not conduct a blood or breath test on Collins because he was not arrested, and officers felt "the danger would be ended" by seizing his weapon, Bedwell said.
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