News briefs for Feb. 13, 2003

Thursday, Feb. 13, 2003 | 11:23 a.m.

Arrest made in fatal car crash

Metro Police arrested a Las Vegas man Wednesday in connection with a fatal crash that occurred Jan. 20 at East Russell and Broadbent roads.

Christopher Gallup was arrested for five counts of burglary and numerous credit card theft charges after detectives served a search warrant at a residence in northeastern Las Vegas.

The arrest is in connection to a crash that killed Kenneth Armstrong of California. Armsrong's wallet, containing his identification and credit cards, were stolen from the crash scene, police said. After the crash, between $4,000 and $8,000 worth of charges were made on Armstrong's credit cards.

The investigation is continuing.

Rundle's trial postponed

William Rundle's trial in the killing of his wife has been postponed while defense attorneys wait for a Supreme Court ruling in the case.

Rundle, 56, was expected to go to trial Wednesday before District Judge Kathy Hardcastle, but Deputy Public Defender Curtis Brown asked Hardcastle to continue the matter until Friday.

Brown filed a petition with the Nevada Supreme Court after Hardcastle denied his motion to suppress statements Rundle made to police regarding the death of his 87-year-old mother, Willa Rundle.

The high court is expected to respond by Friday, Brown said. But if the court fails to respond by that time, defense attorneys will likely ask for a continuance, Brown said.

Marshals nab fugitive in Arizona

One of the U.S. Marshals Service's 15 most wanted fugitives was arrested in Bullhead City, Ariz., by federal agents Wednesday.

Timothy Joseph McGhee, 29, is wanted in Los Angeles in connection with the shooting death of the mother of two young children, U.S. Marshal Fidencio Rivera said.

McGhee was arrested after the marshals received tips that he was in the area. He was taken into custody after leaving a Bullhead City apartment, Rivera said.

McGhee is the leader of a northeast Los Angeles street gang and uses the aliases "Huero" and "Eskimo," detectives with the Los Angeles Police Department said.

Berkley, Gibbons on terrorism panels

Reps. Shelley Berkley, D-Nev., and Jim Gibbons, R-Nev., were told there were no seats left on several committees the lawmakers wanted, but Congress has no shortage of open seats on new terrorism panels.

Gibbons, still smarting after he was snubbed for a seat on House Appropriations and for the chairmanship of a mining subcommittee, got some consolation this week. Republican leaders tabbed him to sit on the new House Select Committee on Homeland Security. Gibbons already sits on the Intelligence and Armed Services Committees.

Berkley, who lost her bid to sit on the Ways and Means Committee, which handles tax issues, on Wednesday said she would sit on the International Relations Committee's new subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation and Human Rights.

Berkley, in her third term, retains her seats on the International Relations, Transportation and Veterans Affairs committees.