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Report: Las Vegas Teens Accused in Cop’s Murder Were on Crime Spree

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The Las Vegas teens accused in the fatal hit and run of a retired police officer reportedly also targeted others for two hours, during which time the 64-year-old was killed.

The accused driver, identified as 18-year-old Jesus Ayala, who was 17 at the time of the incidents, and 16-year-old Jzamir Keys are accused of going on a crime spree on August 14, the New York Post reported Saturday.

The pair allegedly stole three cars, committed a burglary, and tried to kill another bicyclist, per sources and public records.

KSNV detailed the case involving the 72-year-old cyclist:

Lt. Jason Johansson with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department called the first hit-and-run an “attempted murder” that happened around 5:30 a.m. on Aug. 14 by the intersection of Washburn and Fort Apache.

The 72-year-old man was in a designated bike lane when he was intentionally struck by a stolen car with two teens, according to police.

The man suffered non-life-threatening injuries during the ordeal.

Now, the teenagers are facing murder charges after 64-year-old Andreas Probst was killed while riding his bike in a bicycle lane.

Video footage shows the moments leading up to the collision and the seconds it happened:

Ayala is accused of hitting the man while driving the allegedly stolen vehicle. He was arrested a few hours after the deadly incident, and reportedly told officers, “You think this juvenile [expletive] is gonna do some [expletive]? I’ll be out in 30 days, I’ll bet you.”

“It’s just ah, [expletive] ah, hit-and-run — slap on the wrist,” the suspect added. The suspect had not yet been informed of any hit-and-run charges when he was taken into custody for a warrant and obstructing an officer, the Post noted.

He now faces charges that include murder, attempted murder, battery with the use of a deadly weapon, leaving the scene of an accident, larceny, and burglary charges.

Keys faces charges of murder, attempted murder, and battery.

When speaking of her son’s alleged actions, Ayala’s mother said, “I don’t know why he did this. I don’t know if God can forgive this,” according to Breitbart News.

Report: Las Vegas Teen Accused of Mowing Down Retired Cop Boasted in Front of Police — ‘I’ll Be Out in 30 Days’

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The teenage driver accused in the fatal hit-and-run of a retired policeman in Las Vegas apparently believed he would not be in custody for very long.

Jesus Ayala, who recently turned 18, was allegedly driving the stolen car in August when he hit and killed 64-year-old Andreas Probst who was riding his bike on the side of the road, the New York Post reported Friday.

Sixteen-year-old Jzamir Keys was also inside the car during the incident. According to Breitbart News, the teenagers will face charges as adults.

Video footage shows the teens nearing the victim, who is wearing a red t-shirt and black shorts, as he pedaled along the roadway. At one point, one of them says, “Hit his ass,” and moments later the car slams into the victim who is left laying on the side of the road as the pair drive away:

Law enforcement arrested Ayala a few hours after the deadly incident. However, he apparently believed he was not going to be in deep trouble.

“You think this juvenile [expletive] is gonna do some [expletive]? I’ll be out in 30 days, I’ll bet you,” he told officers.

“It’s just ah, [expletive] ah, hit-and-run — slap on the wrist,” the suspect added. The Post noted the suspect had not yet been informed of any hit-and-run charges when he was arrested regarding a warrant and obstructing an officer.

Now, officials are holding Ayala without bail. He faces 18 charges that include murder, attempted murder, and grand larceny.

Video footage shows the teenagers appearing in court on Thursday:

Keys faces three charges and he is accused of recording the video of the incident involving Probst.

“The two teens are accused of going on a crime spree throughout the day of Aug. 14, as they allegedly hit a 72-year-old bicyclist while in a stolen Hyundai sedan, drove away, crashed into a Toyota Corolla and again drove away before striking Probst,” the Post report said, adding the car involved in Probst’s case was later found abandoned with blood smeared on its windshield.

Elderly Man’s Son Opens Fire: Kills One Alleged Intruder, Wounds Another

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A Las Vegas elderly man’s son opened fire on alleged masked intruders at 9:00 a.m. Wednesday, killing one and wounding another.

The Las Vegas Review reported the two alleged intruders tried to gain entry through the back door of the 70-year-old man’s residence, and his son, who is aged 50, opened fire.

One of the alleged intruders, a man in his twenties, died in the backyard, and the second fled the scene in a gray sedan. Minutes later, police received a call of a gray sedan driving recklessly, followed by a report that the sedan had been involved in an accident. “When the driver of the gray car exited the vehicle, he was wearing dark clothing and had a gunshot wound in his lower leg that was not life-threatening.”

The driver was arrested in connection with the alleged home intrusion after going to the hospital.

KTNV noted that the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department is looking into area burglaries “to see if there are any possible connections” to the two alleged intruders.

AWR Hawkins is an award-winning Second Amendment columnist for Breitbart News and the writer/curator of Down Range with AWR Hawkins, a weekly newsletter focused on all things Second Amendment, also for Breitbart News. He is the political analyst for Armed American Radio and a Turning Point USA Ambassador. He was a Visiting Fellow at the Russell Kirk Center for Cultural Renewal in 2010, a speaker at the 2023 Western Conservative Summit, and he holds a Ph.D. in Military History, with a focus on the Vietnam War (brown water navy), U.S. Navy since Inception, the Civil War, and Early Modern Europe. Follow him on Instagram: @awr_hawkins. You can sign up to get Down Range at breitbart.com/downrange. Reach him directly at [email protected].

Amateur poker player admits to lying about having terminal cancer to raise $10,000 buy-in for poker tournament

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A poker player crowdsourced tens of thousands of dollars on GoFundMe, having told sympathetic souls he was dying of stage 4 colon cancer and wanted to fulfill his dream of playing at the
World Series of Poker‘s main event before shuffling off this mortal coil.

It turns out, however, it was all a hoax.

Rob Mercer of Vallejo, California,
admitted to the Las Vegas Review-Journal Tuesday — which he had previously fooled — that he does not have terminal colon cancer.

“I did lie about having colon cancer. I don’t have colon cancer. I used that to cover my situation,” said Mercer, who had attended the poker tournament with his dad. “What I did was wrong. I shouldn’t have told people I have colon cancer. I did that just as a spur-of-the-moment thing when someone asked me what kind of cancer I had.”

Mercer suggested that he lied about having colon cancer because he was embarrassed to admit that he had breast cancer, another grievous condition there is reportedly no evidence that he has.

The fake story helped Mercer bag donations estimated to be valued between $30,000 and $50,000.

$2,500 came from Cody Daniels, a chronically ill poker player from Arizona who also entered the WSOP’s No-limit Hold’em World Championship that ran July 3-17.

Daniels
noted on X, “I learned a $2500 lesson. Sadly, my kindness was taken for weakness once again. Just a shame. That’s all I can say.”

A screenshot of the GoFundMe page
obtained by the New York Post reveals how Mercer framed his plea.

“Hey Everyone, my name is Rob, I am a 37 year old semi professional Poker Player with Terminal Cancer, I found myself going back and forth wondering if I was ever going to do this because my pride means a lot to me and I never like asking people for help, But my dream has always been to play the World Series of Poker Main Event,” wrote Mercer.

The fraudster added, “I was conflicted on whether I would ever play it in my lifetime, but in August of last year I was diagnosed with Terminal Cancer and I was told that my timetable wasn’t very promising, anywhere from 6 months to 18 months depending on how rapidly it progresses, Ive [sic] been fighting hard for months now and my body is definitely doing its best but I can feel the sickness draining on me physically and mentally.”

GoFundMe announced Wednesday it would be providing refunds to those who were scammed by Mercer. However, not all donors helped out via the crowdsourcing platform.

The Review-Journal indicated that extra to the $12,500 he raised from GoFundMe and the donations he received privately, Mercer also received a free suite at Bellagio during the tournament.

Mercer told the Review-Journal he has no intention of paying anyone back, suggesting he might have cancer after all.

Nick Vertucci, the creator and producer of the “Hustler Casino Live” poker stream, was among the donors who helped get Mercer to the WSOP table.

Vertucci spoke the Review-Journal about Mercer’s entry before the 37-year-old’s scam was exposed,
saying, “I was so overwhelmed, I just got on the speaker and said, ‘Hey, it’s booked. I got you.’ … It chokes me up because we walk around so blessed and we don’t realize it. This kid’s fighting for his life, so I’m just so happy he gets to play.”

After learning of the deception, Vertucci
wrote on X, “Breast cancer my a**! And the lies continue. Next will be I don’t have breast cancer, I was too embarrassed to say I have testicle cancer. The only cancer is you Rob!”

Vertucci told the Review-Journal, “I don’t want the kid to have cancer. Ultimately, I’d rather him just be a bad person.”

“They’re making me out to be some kind of monster, like this vindictive villain who planned this months in advance,” said the fraudster, who reportedly feigned to get a doctor’s note for the benefit of the poker community and maintained the charade for several weeks.”It’s just crazy. But I understand. I get it.”

Mercer may be adept at lying, but he doesn’t appear to be any good at poker, having been eliminated from the WSOP main event just a few hours into the tournament.

Here is one of the pleas made on Mercer’s behalf by a donor who fell for his scam:



Living The Dream: Poker Community Rallies for Rob Mercer’s WSOP Journeyyoutu.be

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Footage shows a Las Vegas teen in a stolen car laughing manically while fatally running over a retired police chief. Prosecutors intend to try suspect as an adult.

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A 64-year-old retired police chief was riding his bike near his northwest Las Vegas home when the driver of a stolen 2016 Hyundai Elantra
targeted him and fatally ran him over. Footage taken by the perpetrators later revealed this bloody incident was no accident.

Two thugs inside the stolen car filmed the incident as well as a previous hit-and-run, documenting how they cackled manically and expressed their intention to “hit his a**” ahead of mowing down Andreas Probst, whose daughter suggested he had been everyone’s dad, “like being next to a ray of sunshine.”

Prosecutors do not appear keen on handling the alleged murderer with kid gloves. Instead, they have noted their intention to try him as an adult. Although there have been no executions in Nevada since 2006, it is nevertheless a death penalty state.

The Clark County District Attorney’s Office stressed in a
statement Monday that it is “taking this matter very seriously. … The District Attorney’s Office is seeking certification to adult status of the juvenile perpetrator.”

The 17-year-old is facing an open murder charge, which the DAO indicated was filed in the juvenile system. More charges may be forthcoming.

If tried and convicted of first-degree murder as an adult, the teen
could face 50 years in prison, life in Nevada State Prison, or the death penalty. If convicted of second-degree murder, the teen could face 25 years or life in prison.

“I am confident that justice will be served in this matter once the investigation is complete and the appropriate charges have been filed,” said Clark County District Attorney Steve Wolfson.

The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department indicated Monday that police are still searching for the second person who was in the stolen car and who appears to have captured the slaying on video,
reported the Las Vegas Review-Journal.

TheBlaze
previously reported that in the video captured by the second perpetrator, taken around 6 a.m. at North Tenaya Way near West Centennial Parkway, the teens can be seen purposely targeting a white sedan. The teen driver accelerates, pulls up next to the sedan, then abruptly maneuvers into it, sending it careening into the median.

One of the two perpetrators gleefully yells, “B**h a** n*****! Stop talking s**t, b***h!”

Just moments later, they spot Probst minding his own business and riding his bike in the designated bicycle lane.

“Ready?” says one of the teens.

The other enthusiastically replies, “Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Hit his a**.”

Laughing maniacally and honking the horn, the driver slams into Probst, sending him flying.

“Damn, that n**** got knocked out,” says the passenger, filming the grisly aftermath behind them.

The New York Post indicated that after mowing down Probst, the perpetrators sped off on North Tenaya Way.

Probst was taken to University Medical Center after the hit-and-run, where he was pronounced dead.

Las Vegas-based criminologist Dr. Scott Bonn told the Review-Journal that the video reminded him of the so-called ”
knockout game,” where punks viciously assault random strangers, sometimes with lethal consequences.

Bonn suggested that trying the 17-year-old driver as an adult “makes sense, absolutely, because this is a particularly heinous act.”

(WARNING: Graphic video)

Probst was the former police chief of Bell, California, and retired in 2009 after 35 years in law enforcement.

Taylor Probst, the victim’s daughter, told the Review-Journal, “Being around him, it was like being next to a ray of sunshine. … He was always laughing, always smiling, offering you support, life advice, career advice.”

Crystal Probst, the victim’s widow,
noted on LinkedIn, “Andy was a great father, loving husband and brother. He dedicated 35+ years to law enforcement and worked his a** off to improve his community.”

Probst’s widow
told Fox News Digital that her husband’s murder was further evidence of the anarchy that takes hold when criminals are not held to account and police are demonized.

“It’s not just about one victim. We as a nation are victims. We are victims of senseless crimes,” said the widow. “We all need to show up and show our outrage in the courtrooms.”

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