ELKO, Nev. (AP) - An Elko County man has been found guilty of two counts of eluding law officers during a high-speed chase in December after prosecutors withdrew an attempted murder charge.
The Elko Daily Free Press reported Monday an Elko District Court jury also found 38-year-old Tony Pressler guilty of one count of grand larceny of a motor vehicle but found him innocent of assault with a deadly weapon and burglary.
Pressler originally was accused of trying to run over an Elko police officer pursuing him as a domestic violence suspect.
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Defense attorney Diana Hillewaert said prosecutors couldn’t prove Pressler was driving the pickup truck involved.
Elko County District Attorney Mark Mills said he withdrew the murder charge a day after jury deliberations began because he didn’t think the evidence wasn’t strong enough to prove Pressler’s guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.
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Information from: Elko Daily Free Press, http://www.elkodaily.com
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