Man Sentenced for Crashing Stolen Car in Sparks Home
Last week a twenty-nine year old man was given a twenty-three year long prison sentence for driving a stolen car in Sparks into a rental home, which landed on top of a sleeping couple. He allegedly fled and left the car engine on, and a neighbor pursued him before the police came to the scene. The victims were two UNR students, who sustained burns and scrapes as well as psychological damage from having been trapped under the car for 42 minutes before rescuers could release them.
The suspect was convicted for violating Nevada home invasion law as well as felony driving under the influence. Nevada home invasion law (NRS 205.067) makes it a crime to forcibly enter an inhabited dwelling without permission. It doesn’t matter whether anyone’s present at the time of entry.
The penalty for breaking Nevada home invasion law, a category B felony, is a one to ten year prison term and maybe a $10,000 fine. If someone gets convicted for home invasion who already has previous home invasion or burglary convictions, he/she may not be released on probation or given a suspended sentence. And if the suspect has a firearm in their possession during the home invasion, the penalty is upped to two to fifteen years and the possible $10,000 fine.
Read more about this story at http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2010/mar/17/man-gets-prison-for-crashing-car-into-sparks-home/.
