Manhunt Monday - Derral Blackston

On June 10, 2010, Las Vegas Metro Police say Derral Blackston became involved in a violent confrontation with his girlfriend. During this incident, police say Blackston punched and strangled her numerous times, at times picking her up off of the ground by her throat.

Because of this incident Blackston is wanted for:

• Battery, domestic violence, and
• Felony domestic battery by strangulation.

Derral Wayne Blackston is a black male adult, 21 years of age, standing 5'10" tall and weighing approximately 160 pounds with black hair and brown eyes. Blackston has multiple tattoo’s including:

• A tattoo sleeve on his left arm,
• The word ‘crip’ on his right forearm,
• A picture of a dollar sign on the front of his neck,
• The words ‘heartless hustler’ on his right hand, and
• The initials ‘bk’ on his right forearm.

Blackston is known to frequent the area of the 4900 block of East Owens and the 5700 block of Missouri Avenue, both in East Las Vegas.

Prior to these crimes Blacksont’s criminal history included arrests for:

• Convicted person - failure to register,
• Possession of a firearm by a prohibited person,
• Robbery,
• Affray,
• Grand Larceny Auto,
• Burglary with a deadly weapon, and
• Robbery with a deadly weapon.

Anyone with any information concerning the whereabouts of Derral Wayne Blackston is urged to contact the L.V.M.P.D. Gang Crimes Bureau at 828-3309 or Crime Stoppers by phone at 385-5555 or on the internet at http://www.crimestoppersofnv.com/