A Summerlin existent property cause was ordered Thursday to enactment retired of occupation and acquisition random cause investigating aft helium drove drunk and crashed into his neighbor’s home, causing much than $50,000 successful damages.
Steven Bell, who goes by the “Pickleball Property Guy,” pleaded nary contention to a misdemeanor DUI complaint this year.
City Attorney Julia Watson said that Bell’s humor intoxicant attraction was much than doubly the ineligible bounds connected Aug. 28, 2025, erstwhile a Metropolitan Police Department serviceman recovered him down the instrumentality of a Tesla that had plowed into the store of a location connected Norwood Heights Lane, adjacent North Sky Vista Drive and Red Rock Canyon Road.
Bell is simply a Realtor and “nationwide pickleball location finder” with Las Vegas Realty Group, according to the company’s website.
Las Vegas Municipal Court Judge Bert Brown sentenced Bell and ordered him to enactment retired of occupation for a twelvemonth and not devour alcohol, marijuana, oregon amerciable drugs. If Bell fails to conscionable immoderate of the imposed conditions, helium volition walk astir six months successful jail.
According to his impaired driving report, Bell, 62, was driving successful the neighborhood, failed to marque a turn, and ran disconnected the road, earlier the collision. The Tesla was smoking and Bell was trapped inside, the study stated.
Nobody wrong the location was injured, according to Bell’s attorney, Tony Abbatangelo.
The homeowner, Kevin Karo, told Brown that astir of the harm had been covered by insurance, but that helium had inactive paid $21,000 retired of pocket.
“I’m asking the tribunal to look for accountability successful this,” Karo said. “The suspect lives 10 houses down from my house, but I’ve ne'er received a telephone telephone asking if my lad who lived determination was OK. There’s nary remorse.”
Another study from the clang indicated that Bell lived adjacent wherever the clang happened. Karo said helium would similar to person a sit-down speech with Bell oregon his lawyer to sermon however helium tin beryllium reimbursed.
Watson said she had nationalist information concerns regarding Bell’s release.
“He crashed into a location that was occupied and caused important damage,” the authoritative said. “But beyond that, helium had to physically beryllium held down to person his humor gully completed aft the hunt warrant was received, and past going further, helium admitted that helium continued drinking.”
Police said that aft the crash, Bell slurred his words and smelled similar intoxicant and refused tract sobriety tests and a humor draw.
Watson said Bell continues to portion erstwhile oregon doubly a week, indicating that his behaviour and patterns stay unchanged contempt the crash.
Bell is owed backmost successful tribunal April 1, erstwhile Brown volition reappraisal his compliance with the conditions of his sentence.
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