Stanley Vaughan, a 67-year-old Las Vegas Republican operating for a seat within the State Meeting, was assaulted by a knife-wielding mugger on August 29 whereas placing up his personal marketing campaign indicators.
The brazen daylight assault occurred alongside Pecos Highway, the place Vaughan was alone, misplaced in thought, and targeted on his marketing campaign efforts, Fox 5 Vegas reported.
Vaughan, a U.S. Military veteran, was startled when the assailant abruptly demanded his pockets.
“I‘m so targeted on getting the cable ties by and getting them by the fence, I wasn’t taking note of pedestrians and stuff coming by right here. I had my again turned. I circled, caught me without warning– then he began to lunge at me. I instinctively kicked him and he ran away,” Vaughan stated.
Solely after the mugger had fled did Vaughan understand he had been injured.
“I jumped into the automotive, after which I’m realizing I’m bleeding,” he stated.
His spouse, a nurse, rapidly tended to the gash on his forearm, which stays coated in bandages.
Regardless of the trauma, Vaughan stays resolute, vowing to not marketing campaign alone anymore however staying dedicated to his bid for Meeting District 20.
Fox 5 reported:
Vaughan described the suspect as a person who appeared disoriented and hadn’t bathed in days, suspecting that he was homeless.
Vaughan stated that he doesn’t plan to place indicators up alone, anymore.
Crime is an enormous concern for the decades-long native, who’s the safety and police liaison for his house owner’s affiliation two miles away and helps his neighbors file police experiences. ” It’s simply being a superb neighbor. We received to look out for one another,” Vaughan stated.
Las Vegas Metropolitan Police name the incident remoted, and detectives haven’t tied the perpetrator to another incident.
Within the space of the incident, the 89121 zip code and throughout the Southeast Space Command, robberies are down 23.6%, in response to on-line LVMPD statistics.