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LAS VEGAS (KLAS) -- Police in Las Vegas have arrested a man who was serving a 120-month sentence for an armed bank robbery, escaped federal custody and was on the run for a week, documents said. In May 2015, A judge sentenced Michael Eberle to 120 months in federal prison for armed bank robbery. In June 2014, Eberle robbed a bank in Harlan, Indiana, documents said. Eberle showed the bank employees a gun, demanding money. Eberle later bragged about the armed robbery and said he burned some bills the bank was planning to destroy, documents said. Eberle, 37, was due to be released from federal custody on Aug. 9, 2023. In early December, The Bureau of Prisons transferred Eberle to a resident reentry center in Michigan City, Indiana, documents said. On Jan. 27, Eberle signed out to go to work, documents said. His employer later informed employees at the resident reentry center that he did not report to work. Staff later found Eberle had removed his ankle bracelet. On Feb. 5, Las Vegas ...

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) -- Legislation introduced Wednesday in Carson City looks to carve up the Clark County School District (CCSD) -- but only for school board positions. Assembly Bill 175 (AB175) would blow up the current methods for choosing school board members in Clark County and Washoe County. The CCSD Board of Trustees would go from seven elected members down to four. In addition to the four elected board members, one board member would be appointed by the Clark County Commission, and two more board members would be appointed by the two biggest cities in the county -- Las Vegas and Henderson. After all is said and done, it's still a seven-member board, but the county and the cities gain a bigger voice over education. Similarly, the Washoe County School District board would be remade. Seven elected positions would be reduced to four. Washoe County would appoint one board member, and the other two would be appointed by the cities of Reno and Sparks. Sponsors of the bill are Asse...

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) -- A proposed amendment to the Nevada Constitution would open the door to establishing a state lottery. Citing the need to raise money to fund youth mental health programs, Democratic Assemblyman Cameron "C.H." Miller on Thursday proposed the change. It would repeal the portion of the constitution that prohibits a lottery. Casino and Resort companies have opposed previous efforts to create a state lottery. “The last few years have shown us how critical mental health care is and that our current infrastructure is woefully inadequate,” Miller said in a news release announcing the proposal. “This constitutional amendment authorizing a lottery and dedicating the revenue to funding for youth mental health is a common sense solution that will help the many Nevada youth who are battling mental health challenges, just like I did as a child. Right now, we are sending millions of dollars across the border to neighboring states. It is time to fully invest in Nevadan...

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) -- Surveillance cameras will be installed in special education classrooms if a bill introduced Wednesday at the Nevada Legislature wins approval. State Senator Scott Hammond, a Republican who represents District 18 in the northwest Las Vegas valley, introduced Senate Bill 158 (SB158), bringing back legislation that was introduced in 2021 but failed to pass. The lack of video evidence has come up in child abuse cases, but the bill covers only public schools and charter schools -- not daycare businesses. 8 News Now talked to Hammond during an investigation into a teacher who was still licensed despite convictions involving abuse of six children with special needs. At the time, the Clark County School District said it was too expensive to put cameras in classrooms. SB158 requires school districts and the governing body of charter schools to buy the cameras, and specifies that recorded video will be kept for 45 days. The video will be considered confidential, for use o...

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) -- Bridging the mental health gap when it comes to people of color was the main topic at the Psychopharmacology Update hosted by the Nevada Psychiatric Association.  "Our resistance is our resilience," said Dr. Mary Roessel. Rossel is a Navajo psychiatrist focusing on the healthcare treatment of Native Americans. She said the economic impact of COVID-19 put a strain on the indigenous community. "It really came to light all of these issues around inequities, poor access to care and poverty rates were over two times higher in indigenous people here in the United States," Roessel said. "It really came to light that all of that was impacting us in our ability to handle the pandemic when it arose." Dr. Francis G. Lu is a psychiatrist affiliated with U.C. Davis, researching Asian American disparities. He spoke on how clinicians can gather information on what cultural issues patients of color face. "Stigma is a major issue, especially i...

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada is calling for the Clark County District Attorney to investigate a CCSD police officer who was accused of using excessive force on a student. The incident, which was captured on cell phone video, happened Thursday near Durango High School. The ACLU is representing the two students involved in that confrontation with the Clark County School District Police Department. Athar Haseebullah of the ACLU said the incident is not an isolated one and accuses CCSDPD of a pattern of violence against students. “Do individuals, do people have to die in order for there to be an actual investigation? We don't want to see any of our students’ names at the end of a hashtag. That unfortunately seems like the only way to get a response when it comes to accountability,” Haseebullah said. The officer involved in that confrontation was reassigned. Videos show the officer apparently grabbing a student from the back, placing his hand aro...

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) -- An Indiana man is facing charges of burglary while in possession of a deadly weapon and robbery after threatening workers and snatching cash from a Pahrump business, the Nye County Sheriff's Office said Wednesday. Detectives arrested Michael Duren, 47, while he was a patient at a Las Vegas hospital on Tuesday night, according to the department. He is being held on a bail of $12,000, cash or bond. A photograph taken from video surveillance of a man who Nye County detectives say used a crowbar to threaten employees and take cash from a Pahrump business on Sunday. (Nye County Sheriff's Office) Duren, who told detectives he is from Huntertown, Indiana, about 20 miles north of Fort Wayne, went into a business on State Route 160 at about 11:15 a.m. on Sunday, and armed with a crowbar, threatened workers and took an undisclosed amount of cash from a register, the office said on in a release posted on its Facebook page. Duren also is being charged with harassm...