Investigation continues into a recent burglary of Bolling Construction on Wilson Road in Pahrump, but one man allegedly involved in the crime was arrested by the Nye County Sheriff's Office Monday night.

Ronald D. Smith, 40, was charged with possession of stolen property, conspiracy to commit crime and failure to register as an ex-felon.

He is being held on $16,000 bail.

Arresting Dep. H. Williams went to speak with people to whom the alleged burglars, Smith included, sold equipment taken earlier from Bolling Construction. Williams reported that the property was photographed and identified as that being stolen.

In talking to a witness to the crime, Williams discovered Smith was on the premises. Smith allegedly admitted to participating, along with one Lowell "Toby" Humphreys, in transporting some of the stolen goods to the site for distribution as aluminum scrap.

According to Williams' report, Smith would not say where other missing property from Bolling Construction was located.

Smith also said he did not have a permanent address but was staying "between" his father's house on Rancho Road in Pahrump and Baker, Calif. Yet Smith's local address, according to the Sheriff's Office registry of ex-felons, is 440 Higley Road.

Dennis R. Garcia, 48, was arrested and booked into the Nye County Detention Center for sexual assault on an 11-year-old girl. Garcia is also charged with lewdness with a minor under 14 and contributing to her delinquency.

Garcia allegedly bought the 11-year-old and her friend alcohol. He also allegedly touched the juvenile inappropriately.

Garcia is being held on $60,632 bail.

Also on Monday night, deputies were dispatched to 2121 Madeline Court for reports of shots fired about 8:30 p.m. Several witnesses said the suspect, Salas Salvano Gonzalez, 25, had brandished a firearm and fired a shot into the air.

Deputies contacted Gonzalez and his brother, both of whom insisted they had nothing to do with the incident.

Upon further investigation, however, deputies found a Desert Eagle semi-automatic .44-caliber Magnum handgun in a bush next to Gonzalez' vehicle.

Three witnesses positively identified Gonzalez as the shooter.

The Desert Eagle, a gas-operated pistol manufactured in Israel for use by commandos and popular with big-game sportsmen, has been described as the ultimate weapon, sometimes called a hand cannon for its large size, huge recoil and faddishness as "the Hollywood gun."

Action heroes like Claude van Damme in "Double Impact," Bullet-tooth Tony in "Snatch" and Lara Croft in "Tomb Raider" used versions of the weapon. Replicas are also used as models for BB guns.

In fact, the handgun is avoided by everyone involved in counter-terrorism and by terrorists themselves, according to the Web site <a href="http://Urbandictionary.com">Urbandictionary.com</a>. That's because the weapon measures almost 11 inches in length and weighs about twice what an average pistol does.

According to the site, "Only men of Arnold Schwarzenegger's physique can truly handle the Desert Eagle, especially when chambered in .50 (-caliber) Action Express."

But that is exactly what attracts men with no firearm experience -- its movie and video popularity and the machismo of owning the "ultimate weapon," according to Wikipedia, the free on-line encyclopedia.