CARSON CITY -- Five of the record six law enforcement officers killed in Nevada in the past year were honored Thursday at a ceremony that attracted more than 400 people, including 200 uniformed police officers.
The names of Special Deputy U.S. Marshal Stanley W. Cooper and Las Vegas police officers James Manor, Milburn Beitel, Trevor Nettleton and Daniel Leach were inscribed on the Nevada Law Enforcement Officers Memorial.
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The memorial, which features a sculpture of a dying police officer, is on the mall between the Capitol and Legislative Building.
Each year police from around the state gather for a ceremony that includes a 21-gun salute and speeches from state officials to remember law enforcement officers killed or who died while on duty.
The number of officers who died in the past year was the most of any 12 months dating to the Nevada Territory in 1861.
The sixth fallen officer, Nye County Deputy Sheriff Ian Deutch, will be honored next year. But he also was remembered in Thursday's ceremony.
Deutch, 27, was killed April 26 at a Pahrump casino after responding to a domestic disturbance call. His death came two days after returning to work after a tour in Afghanistan with his Nevada National Guard unit.
Deutch was the 114th Nevada law enforcement officer known to have died while on duty.
Retired Henderson Police Chief Mike Mayberry, the master of ceremonies, said there was not time this year to put Deutch's name on the memorial, but he joined the crowd in a moment of silence for the deputy.
" 'Officer Down' is the most terrible phase we can hear in our community," Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto said in the keynote speech.
Law enforcement officers put their lives on the line day after day to keep Nevada's communities safe, she said.
Gov. Jim Gibbons also praised the officers and their sacrifices.
"Every day when I walk by this memorial, I hope with all my heart that I see no more names," he said. "It stands in silence, but speaks loudly for the men and women who have served. We are grateful to each and every one of you."
Clark County Sheriff Doug Gillespie talked about the four Las Vegas officers who died.
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Lacrosse killing suspect seemed to have it all
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Four years ago, George Huguely's prep school lacrosse coaches looked at him and found an easygoing prankster with a lighthearted attitude and the skills to earn him a spot on one of the country's top college programs.
On Wednesday, police said they had looked in the University of Virginia senior's apartment and found a crimson-stained Cavaliers lacrosse jersey and a letter to the woman Huguely is accused of beating to death, a senior on UVA's women's team.
The arrest of Huguely and the death this week of Yeardley Love, both 22, have struck the highly ranked teams as they prepare for the NCAA tournament and shaken some on the picturesque campus where students are studying for finals.
A memorial for Love was set for Wednesday night, and her funeral was set for Saturday in Maryland. Huguely remained jailed on a charge of first-degree murder. The teams will compete in the tournament, and the university's athletic director said Love's family supported that decision.
"Very frankly, this kind of killing is so rare that there are few protocols in higher education to deal with it," University President John Casteen said.
Love's roommate and the roommate's boyfriend found her battered body early Monday. Police have said Huguely and Love were once involved in a relationship, but that it had ended. According to a search warrant affidavit, Huguely kicked in her bedroom door and told them her head hit a wall several times as he shook her.
His attorney, Francis Lawrence, called Love's death an accident.
In court documents filed Wednesday, Charlottesville police said they took the stained jersey, the letter to Love and other items from Huguely's apartment hours after Love's body was discovered, according to the Charlottesville Daily Progress. The court records were later sealed.
The 6-foot-2, 209-pound Huguely was charged just days before he and Love were to graduate and play in the NCAA tournament for the Cavaliers, with both teams considered contenders for the national title. Such an opportunity seemed like a done deal for Huguely as far back as 2006, when he was the star player at the $28,826-a-year, all-boys Landon School in Bethesda, Md., which churns out players for top college programs like Virginia and Duke.
Peter Preston and his family were neighbors of the Huguelys for more than a decade, and their children grew up playing together. He said the allegations against Huguely, whom he knew as "Georgie," were baffling since he always seemed like "just a wonderful, charming, polite young man."
Preston said his son, Michael, who is one year older than George, had grown up playing lacrosse with him, but Michael and Huguely saw less of each as they grew older and went to different high schools.
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On Wednesday, police said they had looked in the University of Virginia senior's apartment and found a crimson-stained Cavaliers lacrosse jersey and a letter to the woman Huguely is accused of beating to death, a senior on UVA's women's team.
The arrest of Huguely and the death this week of Yeardley Love, both 22, have struck the highly ranked teams as they prepare for the NCAA tournament and shaken some on the picturesque campus where students are studying for finals.
A memorial for Love was set for Wednesday night, and her funeral was set for Saturday in Maryland. Huguely remained jailed on a charge of first-degree murder. The teams will compete in the tournament, and the university's athletic director said Love's family supported that decision.
"Very frankly, this kind of killing is so rare that there are few protocols in higher education to deal with it," University President John Casteen said.
Love's roommate and the roommate's boyfriend found her battered body early Monday. Police have said Huguely and Love were once involved in a relationship, but that it had ended. According to a search warrant affidavit, Huguely kicked in her bedroom door and told them her head hit a wall several times as he shook her.
His attorney, Francis Lawrence, called Love's death an accident.
In court documents filed Wednesday, Charlottesville police said they took the stained jersey, the letter to Love and other items from Huguely's apartment hours after Love's body was discovered, according to the Charlottesville Daily Progress. The court records were later sealed.
The 6-foot-2, 209-pound Huguely was charged just days before he and Love were to graduate and play in the NCAA tournament for the Cavaliers, with both teams considered contenders for the national title. Such an opportunity seemed like a done deal for Huguely as far back as 2006, when he was the star player at the $28,826-a-year, all-boys Landon School in Bethesda, Md., which churns out players for top college programs like Virginia and Duke.
Peter Preston and his family were neighbors of the Huguelys for more than a decade, and their children grew up playing together. He said the allegations against Huguely, whom he knew as "Georgie," were baffling since he always seemed like "just a wonderful, charming, polite young man."
Preston said his son, Michael, who is one year older than George, had grown up playing lacrosse with him, but Michael and Huguely saw less of each as they grew older and went to different high schools.
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