IN BRIEF
North Las vegas crash
Man driving stolen car dies when it overturns
A car theft suspect being pursued by police died Saturday morning when he lost control of a Chrysler Sebring convertible and flipped it on Centennial Parkway at Losee Road, North Las Vegas police said.
North Las Vegas police were on their way to receive a stolen vehicle report when an officer located a vehicle matching the description of the stolen car traveling north on Camino Al Norte near Craig Road. The officer followed the Sebring until more police joined the pursuit.
The man, the sole occupant in the vehicle, sped away from the police pursuit.
When the suspect fled, he lost control of the car traveling eastbound on Centennial at Losee and struck a cement wall at a high rate of speed, which caused the car to flip onto its roof.
The unidentified man was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash.
VICTIM NOT IDENTIFIED
Man found dead in car; gunshot possible cause
A man was found dead about noon Saturday inside a black Dodge Durango near Commerce Street and Brooks Avenue, North Las Vegas police said.
Police were dispatched to the 400 block of Mayflower Avenue at 11:40 a.m. Saturday to investigate the death. The man is believed to have been shot to death.
Police did not release the identity of the man.
ALTERCATION TURNED DEADLY
Man shot to death; three others injured
One man was shot and killed and three others were injured in an altercation at an apartment complex near Torrey Pines Avenue and Charleston Boulevard on Friday, Las Vegas police said.
Las Vegas police did not identify the man who was killed, but said he was shot about 10 p.m. Friday at an apartment complex on the 6400 block of Casada Way.
Las Vegas police Lt. Lew Roberts said the altercation began when two men approached four other men at the complex. One of the two men yelled an obscenity and then shot the man who died.
The victim died at the apartment complex. The three other men were struck by bullets and taken to the University Medical Center with injuries described as not life-threatening. Roberts said the shooting was not believed to have been gang-related.
INTERNET CRIME
Man charged with threatening rock band
A 21-year-old North Las Vegas man was arrested Thursday by FBI agents on allegations of making threats over the Internet to members of the rock band Egypt Central, according to the FBI's Las Vegas office.
Louis Joseph Manino is accused of sending threatening e-mail messages on Dec. 7 and Dec. 8 via the MySpace social networking Web site, a criminal complaint filed in the U.S. District Court of Nevada states.
Authorities said Manino was charged with two counts of extortion and threats through interstate communications.
