The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department sought a warrant for the arrest of a Nye County traffic deputy who crossed a median and rammed a motorcyclist with his patrol car during a pursuit that occurred in Las Vegas in late August, police records show.
An investigative report obtained through a public records request showed that detectives believed deputy Spencer Hagan committed battery with a deadly weapon and misrepresented the facts about him striking Johnathan Rios near the intersection of Tropicana Avenue and Mountain Vista Street, which sent Rios tumbling to the ground before a foot pursuit commenced.
Rios told Metro detectives that he was startled by Hagan, whom he described as “very aggressive” and believed he was “trying to run him over.”…