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Former police officer charged in death plot
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William Ronald Webb Jr.
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Nancy Quon
LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL
The Clark County district attorney's office drafted a three-count felony complaint Friday, charging former Las Vegas police officer William Ronald Webb Jr. in a scheme to cause the death of his girlfriend, attorney Nancy Quon.
Las Vegas police have alleged that Webb and Quon together plotted her own demise in light of an FBI investigation into allegations related to massive fraud within homeowners associations around the valley. Police describe her indictment in the federal case as "imminent."
Webb, 42, who is in custody at the Clark County Detention Center, is charged in the criminal complaint with conspiracy to commit murder, trafficking in a controlled substance and conspiracy to violate the controlled substances act. He is set to make an initial court appearance Monday in Henderson Justice Court.
The murder charge alleges Webb conspired with an "unnamed co-conspirator" to obtain 51.4 grams of the club drug gamma-hydroxybutyric acid (GHB) to give to Quon, who planned to kill herself. The unnamed co-conspirator is a friend of Webb's and an ex-felon now cooperating with police.
Webb was arrested late Tuesday at the parking garage of the Green Valley Ranch Resort, where the couple was living after an Oct. 28 fire damaged their home and nearly killed Quon in what police think was an initial suicide attempt.
Quon, 50, has not been charged. She told police she never planned suicide.
Her whereabouts were unknown Friday. Quon was taken by ambulance from Green Valley Ranch after Webb's arrest. When police officers suspect someone is a danger to themselves or others, they have legal authority to have the person held for a psychiatric evaluation.
District Attorney David Roger declined comment Friday on Quon's whereabouts; her lawyer, Tom Pitaro, declined comment.
"This is a very sad case," Roger said. "A very esteemed lawyer has apparently expressed a desire to end her life instead of facing charges. People who are alleged to have committed crimes are entitled to due process. As prosecutors, we want them to exercise those rights and face the potential charges in court."
Roger said police are still investigating the possibility that Quon and Webb conspired to commit insurance fraud in the suspected suicide scheme.
The ex-felon told police the couple talked openly about their plan, and wanted to arrange Quon's death so that Webb could collect life insurance money for her children.
Quon once had a high profile in Las Vegas, where she was a leader in the field of construction defect litigation and co-host of two popular local cable TV legal advice programs. She also authored a regular legal advice column for the Review-Journal's real estate section.
Her reputation soured, along with her law practice, after a Sept. 26, 2008, search of her office by FBI agents and Las Vegas police. Agents targeted an alleged scheme to rig condo homeowner association board elections to place conspirators -- including some Las Vegas police officers -- who would push for lawsuits over construction defects that would benefit some attorneys and funnel repair work to selected companies.
In their report on the Webb arrest, police said Quon appeared "detached" and "despondent" in an Oct. 26 meeting at the U.S. Attorney's office related to the investigation.
The ex-felon, according to the report, suggested Quon could kill herself by drinking "a six pack" and an energy drink with a high alcohol content. On Oct. 28, Webb's brother, Daniel Webb, went to Quon's home at 73 Dollar Pointe Ave. to check on her at his brother's request. He found her unconscious in the burning home and rescued her, the report stated.
At the hospital, Quon told a county fire investigator she drank the energy drink Webb had put in the refrigerator. She said she didn't feel well after drinking it, took a bath with several lit candles near the tub, then took two sleeping pills and fell asleep on a couch.
Webb allegedly stepped up his push to obtain the GHB after the fire. He told the ex-felon that he feared the insurance company wouldn't pay unless the death appeared natural, and he thought an overdose of the drug would not be detected after death, police said.
Contact Jeff German at jgerman@reviewjournal.com or 702-380-8135 or read more courts coverage at lvlegalnews.com.
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@bghs1986, Let's hope you're right. That would mean Webb is number one on a list of several in this case.
Now here's a slow learner. Anyone in town could attest that an "in the line of duty" shoot is the only way a cop gets away with murder.
KARMA
from Boulder City .....Key Largo HOA..
Glad to see it finally got ya!
We were forced to move because of you Nancy.
Please give her a very very long sentence.
Certain attorneys, developers, construction companies, HOA management companies, HOA Directors, and insurance companies have all been playing fraud and abuse games since the 1990's concerning construction defects. The primary loser has been the homeowner. Now that the housing market has tanked, the abuses are more obvious and much more painful than before.
Due to the unprecedented, 20-year housing and commercial construction boom times, no one should be surprised that greedy/unethical companies and attorneys have exploited the opportunities. There are many secret deals among attorneys and developers involved in construction defect negotiations.
And, you may be among the many people who know important facts about such fraud and abuse. If so, you should immediately contact the FBI with evidence on specific individuals and companies. None of us should rest easy until there is a good house cleaning among the unethical collaborators in this market.
Contact Special Agent Richard Beasley today with your documentary evidence. You might be holding something really valuable needed to punish other crooks.
Tip of the iceberg. This case won't really get rolling til they've got developers, HOA board members, and their 'construction companies' rounded up. FBI is not fooled by the GHB distraction and attempts to make this look like a "very sad" personal drama as DA Roger would have us believe...and 'suicidal' Quon booked and banked $100 Million in revenue all by her lonely? Right...What about Van Cleef's 'suicide'...?
Another Sin City housing market romance gone bad, most def..
This story sent chills up my spine. Not for the sheer audacity of the players involved, but because there may be more than a co-incidental connection between some of these players in the story and my homeowner association.
As the article points out - Quon was a leader in the field of construction defect litigation and co-host of two popular local cable TV legal advice programs. The article also highlights an ongoing investigation about an alleged scheme to rig condo homeowner association board elections. We have the same type of construction defect litigation going on where I live, except our community is not a condo association.
I know that our association’s attorney is one of the ones referred to in the article that was co-hosting a TV legal advice program with Ms Quon. The members of my community recently have been in a turmoil because the assocaition is being investigated by federal income tax authorities. I wonder if the U.S. attorney's office is planning to knock on our doors also?
UREKA,....I figured it out.... She PRETENDED to her husband that she was going to commit suicide, but she was only going to take enough of the drugged cocktail to get sick, and before she went under, calls 911 to say her abusive husband might be trying to poison her. She keeps the cocktail can with HIS prints on it, and HE gets arrested. While she's at it, she fingers the Husband for being the Mastermind behind the Big Construction Litigation con. Gaining her sympathy from a Liberal Judge-for-sale, who believes she has suffered enough already. Columbo would be proud of me.....
Roger said, "This is a very sad case." No, the Trevon Cole and Erik Scott cases were "sad cases" as overly aggressive officers took the lives of two people that never wanted to die and never should have died. Your office then compounded the injustice by prosecuting the victims at the inquest.
This isn't a "sad case". This is a case about a dirty ex-cop and a greedy fellow lawyer that wanted to die in an effort to dodge responsibility and scam an insurance company to give a payout to her family.
I've long since given up asking how people like Roger can look themselves in the mirror. But like all of us, Roger will eventually be judged on his interpretation of justice and I suspect he will have a rude awakening.
Clever attempt to cheat the authorities by a queen of con. I suppose you can't go to prison for attempting suicide. But, was Suicide REALLY the plan? Or was a feeble attempted Suicide by someone going for an "Insanity" Defense in her other litigation against her, really the plan? We shall see. Asian females typically are NOT suicidal. I suspect a BIGGER intent here.