Local briefs

Tuesday, Aug. 31, 1999 | 10:51 a.m.

Sentencing set in prison break

District Judge Jeffrey Sobel has set Oct. 12 for sentencing of inmate Roy B. Bell, who escaped from the Southern Desert Correctional Center in Indian Springs by hiding in the undercarriage of a delivery truck in January.

Bell, who pleaded guilty to one felony count Monday in District Court, was arrested several days after his escape in Las Vegas after a pizza restaurant was robbed.

The Department of Prisons beefed up its security at Indian Springs after the Bell escape, Attorney General Frankie Sue Del Papa said.

At the time of his escape Bell was serving concurrent sentences for two counts of robbery with use of a deadly weapon against a person 65 years or older.

On the escape charge he faces a maximum of 10 years.

Mesquite man faces new drug charges

A Mesquite man awaiting sentencing in Las Vegas for drug violations has been arrested in Utah on narcotics charges.

Leland John Bryant, 24, was arrested by drug task force officers Saturday night.

He was charged with manufacturing of a controlled substance, possession of a controlled substance, possession of narcotic producing equipment, possession of drug paraphernalia and driving with a suspended license. He is being held on $27,805 bail.

Officers alleged he had about a half gram of methamphetamine in his possession.

Woodbury, Nix named to lead commission

County Commission Chairman Bruce Woodbury and Boulder City Councilman Brian Nix were named chairman and vice chairman, respectively, of the Regional Transportation Commission.

Woodbury, a commissioner for 20 years, has been on the Transportation Commission for 14 years.

Nix has been on the City Council since 1995 and serves on the boards of the Clark County Flood Control District and the Southern Nevada Water Authority.