Suspect in Vegas Strip crash is distraught, attorney says

Chase Stevens/AP Lakeisha Nicole Holloway, accused of smashing her auto into crowds of pedestrians on the Las Vegas Strip on Sunday, enters court on Wednesday. She plans to plead not responsible when the time comes, he stated. Family members, who say they are just as confused as everyone else about what happened, are in town for her first court appearance.

The judge set a January 20 date for a preliminary hearing of the evidence.

Clark County District Attorney Steve Wolfson said additional charges are likely, depending on the results of drug and alcohol tests and the police investigation. Those charges could include multiple counts of attempted murder with a deadly weapon.

Wolfson characterised the standard of surveillance video that captured the crash as “excellent”.

Holloway was booked into jail early Monday, hours after the crash with her 3-year-old daughter in the auto on Las Vegas Boulevard.

“We have heard nothing however good issues about her in the previous”, Abood stated. “This is a surprise to everyone”. “We have a lot of investigating and a lot of work to do”.

Jessica Valenzuela, 32, of Buckeye, Ariz., was killed in Sunday’s crash. Six people remained hospitalized Wednesday, including two in critical condition.

Holloway is being held in a “medically restricted” jail unit for inmates requiring increased supervision including those on suicide watch. A woman intentionally swerved her vehicle onto the busy sidewalk two or three times Sunday and mowed down people outside a Las Vegas casino. The video may not be made public until a later court hearing.

Lakeisha Holloway, 24, is facing charges of murder, leaving the scene of an accident and child abuse after a woman was killed and more than 30 were injured Sunday night. “She asked for the police to be called (following the crash)”, Holloway’s other court-appointed attorney, Scott Coffee said.

Documents filed Tuesday list the charges against 24-year-old Lakeisha Nicole Holloway, who is due in court Wednesday. She won honors for overcoming a rough childhood and homelessness to graduate from an alternative high school in Portland.

A former resident of Portland, Oregon, Holloway worked for the Forest Service through a program created to help at-risk youth. “I expect she is going to be in a hard state”.

“Today I’m not the same scared girl I used to be”, Holloway said in the video. “I’m a mature younger lady”. Holloway joined the company in 2009 and resigned in 2012, spokesman Glen Sachet stated. Her blood was drawn after she was taken into custody.

A defense attorney for a woman accused of plowing her auto through crowds of pedestrians on the Las Vegas Strip says it’s too soon to say if her mental condition will become part of her defense. She said she was getting little rest because casino security would run her off. She might have been on her way to Texas to find the estranged father of her daughter, authorities said.

Abood and Coffee did not reply a query about whether or not they have spoken with the daddy.