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Teen charged in crash appears in court

Kim Smith

Wednesday, May 31, 2000 | 10:46 a.m.

A 14-year-old Las Vegas boy charged with murder in connection with a high-speed crash that killed two of his friends made his first court appearance this morning.

Justice of the Peace William Jansen gave prosecutors five days to file their formal complaint against Milton Ennis in connection with Monday's incident. Ennis' next court appearance will be Monday.

Ennis was charged as an adult with two counts of murder, possession of a stolen car and felony evading a police officer after a three-car crash on U.S. 95 downtown.

According to police, an officer saw two stolen Honda Civics near Smoke Ranch Road and Rainbow Boulevard early Monday. The officer followed the stolen cars onto U.S. 95 at Lake Mead Boulevard and tried to stop them near Decatur Boulevard.

Police said the cars then sped up to around 100 mph. One of the Civics, containing Cedric J. Tiffith Jr., 16, and Miguel A. Munoz Jr., 15, crashed into a concrete barrier wall near the Casino Center Boulevard exit, careened across three southbound lanes and then hit the center barrier and a light pole.

The Civic broke into three pieces, and the teenagers were thrown from the car and killed, police said.

A patrol car, driven by Officer Edward Erickson, 24, started to slow down as the first Honda hit the pole, but the other Honda hit the police car from behind and then slid into a concrete barrier.

Erickson was treated at University Medical Center for minor injuries. Ennis was booked into the Clark County Detention Center.

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