Tuesday, December 16, 2003
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In brief

MISSING PRIVATE PLANE

Civil Air Patrol to resume search today

Members of Nevada's Civil Air Patrol this morning are expected to resume a search for a private plane that dropped off radar Sunday morning near Tonopah.

A crew of about 21 people Monday morning began searching for a downed plane that rescuers believe contained a man and his wife traveling from Tucson, Ariz., to Eugene, Ore., said Major Charles McCarthy of the Nevada Wing, Civil Air Patrol.

The plane was last seen on radar at about 10:55 a.m. Sunday about 11 miles northeast of Tonopah.

The search Monday included two planes from the North Las Vegas Airport, one from the Henderson Airport and one from Reno.

Also, the Nye County sheriff's office dispatched a ground crew to search the area where it is believed the plane went down, McCarthy said.

Rescue planes from Southern and Northern Nevada today are expected to search the area before meeting in Tonopah to organize afternoon searches, McCarthy said.

TRIPLE SHOOTING

Man killed outside Elks Club identified

A man killed Saturday night in a triple shooting outside the Las Vegas Elks Club has been identified as 24-year-old Miguel Flowers, according to the Clark County coroner's office.

Las Vegas police said Flowers and two other men were shot in the club's parking lot about 12:15 a.m. Both of the other victims were expected to recover from their wounds, police said.

No suspects have been arrested in connection with the shooting.

Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to call police at 229-3521.

AMERICAN INDIAN CULTURAL SITES

Man gets 37 months for removing artifacts

U.S. District Judge James Mahan sentenced Bobbie Wilkie on Monday to 37 months in prison and ordered him to pay back more than $102,000 for digging up and taking artifacts from American Indian cultural sites.

Wilkie, of Oklahoma, has lived in several different Nevada cities. He was arrested during a federal investigation and pleaded guilty to looting protected archaeological areas on federal land, including Arrow Canyon and the White Cliffs petroglyphs sites, according to court documents.

A court official said Wilkie will be placed in Bureau of Prisons custody in February.

SOUTHEAST SIDE ACCIDENT

Bicyclist struck, killed by SUV identified

A bicyclist who was struck and killed by a sport utility vehicle Thursday has been identified as 44-year-old Martin Toledo, according to the Clark County coroner's office.

Las Vegas police said the Henderson man was at the intersection of Eastern Avenue and Eldorado Lane when he apparently ran a stop sign and was hit.

Toledo was pronounced dead at the scene.