Suspect in May ’19 death is sought
Warrant issued following delay
Geoffrey Going’s best friend said the Southern California native found his oasis in Las Vegas.
But the city is also where Going died a “senseless death” just over a year ago from a brain injury, after he was knocked to the ground outside a bar and left alone, said Going’s friend Kurt Anderson.
Police believe they know who attacked the 43-year-old, and an arrest warrant has been signed for a murder charge, but more than a year after his death, Going’s family and friends are still left with questions.
Anderson, who grew up with Going, said his friend was a passionate singer who moved to Las Vegas several years ago and found work on the Strip. In the aftermath of Going’s death, Anderson assumed that officials would consider it an accident.
“You just had that feeling of like, nobody seems to care,” Anderson said during a phone interview from California in early June.
floor courtroom. “That is completely void in this record … That is not a fair presentation.”
But detectives later found a picture of the methamphetamine on Rinetti’s phone.
Later, on another bust, Rinetti stole heroin, according to the court records, and gave it to Dilorenzo to sell.
Rinetti, who has been relieved of duty without pay, faces 40 counts of felonies and gross misdemeanors, including trafficking in a controlled substance, misconduct of a public officer, conspiracy, offering a false
instrument for filing or record, and fraudulent use of a credit card.
Chief Deputy District Attorney Christopher Hamner argued that Rinetti lied to detectives about his relationship with Dilorenzo.
“The things that this individual did, as a licensed detective, are outrageous,” Hamner said.
Ramirez was placed on leave from the union after his indictment on one count each of conspiracy to commit a crime and offering a false instrument for filing or record.
Prosecutors have said 45-year-old Ramirez and 46-year-old Rinetti provided urine samples to help the woman pass court-ordered drug tests while Rinetti carried on a romantic relationship with her.
Ramirez’s attorney, David Roger, who represents the police union and is the county’s former top prosecutor, argued that testimony about Ramirez did not incriminate him.
“None of those pieces of evidence, either by themselves or put together, independently connect officer Ramirez to this crime,” Roger said.
District Judge Tierra Jones said that she would review Wednesday’s arguments and issue a decision in the coming weeks. Both men have pleaded not guilty to the charges and remained free on bail.
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