LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A decide sentenced a person Monday to two-and-a-half to 6 years in jail for leaving the scene of a crash that left one man lifeless and two others injured.
The 8 Information Now Investigators beforehand reported Max Mones, 39, left the nation after a jury returned a responsible verdict towards him on Oct. 11 for leaving the scene of an accident, involving the loss of life of Kenneth Ham; and leaving the scene of an accident involving harm to Elena Russell.
Ham and Russell, who have been engaged, have been visiting from upstate New York.
Each costs carry obligatory time in jail of two to twenty years. Prosecutors requested Clark County District Courtroom Choose Jessica Peterson to instantly ship Mones to jail the place he would await sentencing. She declined and as a substitute positioned him on monitoring, which concerned random check-ins and GPS monitoring by way of an app. She additionally informed him to give up his passport.
The subsequent day, Deputy District Legal professional Yu Meng scanned social media pages for Mones and located a submit on TikTok that gave the impression to be video from an airplane.
“Goodbye Vegas,” the submit mentioned.
Meng informed the 8 Information Now Investigators he instantly reached out to Nevada State Police.
The Nevada Freeway Patrol Visitors Murder Unit obtained an arrest warrant from Las Vegas Justice Courtroom, in response to the company. They tracked Mones down whereas he was in Dubai and his subsequent vacation spot was Iraq, prosecutors mentioned.
Mones insisted he was not attempting to flee and needed to say goodbye to household. He was born in Baghdad, Iraq, and lived there along with his household till the age of 18, his lawyer, Gary Reeves, wrote in court docket paperwork.
Peterson sentenced Mones to 30-75 months in jail for each counts, to be served on the identical time. Mones may also obtain credit score for 57 days already spent in jail.
The crash occurred in July 2019. Mones was driving a DHL supply van. Video exhibits the van making a left flip forward of a semi-truck driver who then swerved right into a car Ham was driving with Russell as his passenger. Mones later returned to the scene.
Mones faces a brand new cost associated to the alleged try to flee. A preliminary listening to is scheduled for Dec. 19.
