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twitterMan charged in crash that killed Rebel Girl back behind bars
Lagerev mistakenly released from Clark County Detention Center
Mona Shield Payne / Special to the Sun
Vladimir Lagerev appears in court April 22 on felony DUI charges at the Regional Justice Center. He has been charged in connection with the death of UNLV freshman Lindsay Bennett, who died two days after a head-on crash on an offramp to Interstate 215 at Windmill Lane.
Published Thursday, April 30, 2009 | 12:34 p.m.
Updated Thursday, April 30, 2009 | 3:44 p.m.
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- Man charged in crash that killed Rebel Girl released (4-29-2009)
- Bail set for man charged in fatal I-215 crash (4-27-2009)
- Man charged with DUI in fatal head-on crash appears in court (4-22-2009)
- Hundreds mourn Rebel Girl killed in I-215 crash (4-21-2009)
- Driver identified in suspected DUI crash that killed UNLV student (4-21-2009)
- 18-year-old UNLV student killed in suspected DUI crash (4-20-09)
The man charged with driving under the influence in the death of UNLV Rebel Girl Lindsay Bennett was back in jail this morning after spending the night at home.
Vladimir Lagerev, 45, was mistakenly released from the Clark County Detention Center about 4 p.m. Wednesday, Metro Police spokeswoman Barbara Morgan said. He was sent home with an ankle bracelet that tests for alcohol consumption and tracks his whereabouts, she said.
He was called back to the jail this morning and was booked again about 11:30 a.m., Morgan said.
“The judge was livid when she learned that the prisoner had been released,” said Erin McAloon, court clerk for Justice of the Peace Nancy Oesterle, who had set bail of $250,000 for Lagerev.
Morgan said a court order had been filed with the jail to release Lagerev on $250,000 bail with the ankle bracelet, but because of an employee error, Lagerev was released without posting the bail. The error is being investigated, she said.
“Errors happen. We are human,” Morgan said. “They don’t happen very often, but this is a huge facility, and errors happen.”
Lagerev hit Bennett, 18, a 2008 Coronado High School graduate, head-on about 9:30 p.m. April 15 while driving the wrong way on an off-ramp to Interstate 215 at Windmill Lane, according to an arrest report. Bennett died two days later at University Medical Center.
Stephen Stein, Lagerev’s attorney, said he was surprised to learn of the release.
“I thought maybe someone had posted his bail,” he said. “I figured it was a mistake and they would correct it today.”
When Lagerev’s wife called Stein this morning and said the jail wanted Lagerev to return, Stein told her he had to go.
Morgan said that, because of the ankle bracelet, police knew where to find Lagerev. “We always knew where he was,” she said.
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Typical public worker stupidity and negligence. Can you imagine if they had to work in the DPS (dreaded private sector)? They'd end up at Wally World. As they say, "I always wanted to work for the County, but I can't sleep standing up."
Why does this not surprise me in the least?
Great news! Mistakes happen and the error has been corrected so lets just put this behind us and move on. I do hope that if Lagerev is able to post bail he will have to continue to wear the ankle bracelet until the matter is decided.
thank god!
This guy is a menace to society!
Our justice system prevails (I hope).
this guy must go away forever
This release from jail very strange...
It is looks like someone trying to stage something. Pictures all over the papers and TV, everyone in town knows what is going on and all of the sudden some one letting him go without bail, without lawyer present?
It is looks like somebody trying to test the guy and if he will run we are just going to shoot him or put him away forever. I will not be surprised if in a few days he will be beaten up by someone in jail. Rage, anger, desire for vengeance and some money can do a lot of things. We are better look in to some very well covered connection between relatives, friends, police and this jail release. Looks like someone trying to spill some blood...
I might be wrong, but the whole "accidental release" not very convincing
Wow...I guess he's not the upstanding individual his attorney claimed he was at the hearing. Yeah, it was a careless mistake letting him out, but wouldn't you be asking who the heck paid your bail of $25,000??? I guess that's what you get from someone who was drunk on a Wednesday by 9:30 p.m. Wasn't thinking too much about his wife and kids before he got behind the wheel was he? They must be so proud.
too bad he wasn't run over by a TRUCK.
This scum needs to be sent to prison for the rest of his life.
nikpod
how do you know he didn't ask?
and what made you think he is not the upstanding individual how his attorney claimed?
By the way he turned himself in this morning, after realizing someone made a "mistake". What does it tell you...
He is not running away, he is aware of his guilt, he is honest person who did something very stupid .... and it's nothing harder for him at the moment to be alive knowing his life is over.
ustour
Well, it took him from 4p.m. to 11:30a.m. the next day to figure that out...so it TELLS me that he's not what us Americans call the brightest crayon in the box.
Nothing harder for HIM??? Last I saw, he's still alive...unlike Lindsay. I'll tell YOU what's hard--explaining to my daughter that her best friend is gone forever, and that there's not a damn thing that she can do. Have your buddy explain to the Bennett family that they aren't going to have the chance to see their daughter graduate from college, get married, or have children, because he was "stupid". Sorry but stupidity isn't an excuse for murder. If he's that stupid, he shouldn't be driving. Actually, how did he even get a driver's license if he doesn't speak English? Did he have a translator for that too?
And FYI...he can't run away, because he had to relinquish his passport. Don't make him sound like a martyr. He's a COWARD.