LAS VEGAS (AP) - A Las Vegas man was sentenced to up to five years of probation after the man punched a military veteran on a public bus last year, causing him to lose his right eye, a judge said.
District Judge Kathleen Delaney sentenced Nathaniel Graves Jr. on Nov. 30 for the attack on 64-year-old Roger Conant, a former U.S. Marine. Graves, who spent 240 days in jail before posting bond in August, pleaded guilty in July to battery resulting in substantial bodily harm on a victim 60 years or older.
The encounter occurred on a Regional Transportation Commission bus on Dec. 13, 2019 around 5:15 p.m., authorities said. The attack was captured on bus surveillance video.
Conant boarded the bus and told police he asked Graves, who was then 26, to move his legs, which were propped on a seat against the aisle, so he could sit down, police said. Police then reported Graves initially complied before propping his feet up on Conant’s lap and punching Conant after he pushed his feet off.
Graves was arrested in January and spent eight months in custody while awaiting his sentencing. Graves’s attorney Garrett Ogata previously lost a bid to have Graves released from jail without bail.
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