Friday, June 25, 2010 | 2:13 p.m.
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A Las Vegas man will appear in court next month on a DUI drug-related charge from last summer that resulted in the death of a bicyclist.
Charley A. Matanza, 51, of Las Vegas, will have his felony arraignment at 10:30 a.m. July 6 in Clark County District Court before Judge Jennifer Togliatti on charges connected to the 2009 death of Gary John Lommason, 43, Las Vegas. Lommason, a retired Army sergeant, had worked for 15 years on the security team at Boulder Station.
On Friday, Las Vegas Justice of the Peace Deborah J. Lippis bound Matanza over to district court and set his bail at $156,000.
Matanza is in the Clark County Detention Center on a charge of driving under the influence of drugs causing death and on two counts of driving under the influence of a controlled substance.
According to Metro Police, Matanza's GMC SUV was going west on Desert Inn Road on June 29, 2009, when it ran up onto the north sidewalk, striking the rear of Lommason's bicycle. The GMC continued traveling on the sidewalk for a short distance, with the bicyclist trapped beneath it, police said.
Matanza failed a field sobriety test, police said. Neither Matanza, nor his passenger, 57-year-old Ramon Matanza, Las Vegas, were injured in the collision, police said.
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