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RandySF

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Fri Sep 6, 2024, 08:54 PM Sep 6

Las Vegas candidate attacked with a knife while putting up campaign signs [View all]

LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) - A Las Vegas Valley man putting up his own campaign signs was cut with a knife after an ambush by a robber.

The ordeal happened Thursday August 29 after 4 p.m., in a neighborhood east of Pecos Rd. and Twain Avenue.

67-year-old Stanley Vaughan, running as the Republican in Assembly District 20, decided to walk solo in triple-digit temperatures, putting up signs for himself and other candidates. He said a robber demanded his wallet, then cut him with a knife.

“I‘m so focused on getting the cable ties through and getting them through the fence, I wasn’t paying attention to pedestrians and stuff coming through here. I had my back turned. I turned around, caught me by surprise-- then he started to lunge at me. I instinctively kicked him and he ran away,” Vaughan said, leaning into his Army training and martial arts skills.




https://www.fox5vegas.com/2024/09/06/las-vegas-candidate-attacked-with-knife-while-putting-up-campaign-signs/

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