LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A man convicted last week for killing another man in a hit-and-run and injuring a second person fled to the Middle East but was arrested on a connecting flight, the 8 News Now Investigators have learned.
On Friday, a jury convicted Max Mones on charges of leaving the scene of an accident, involving the death of Kenneth Ham; and leaving the scene of an accident involving injury to Elena Russell, records said. Mones left the scene of the July 2019 crash that left Ham dead and Russell injured.
After the jury reached its verdict, Clark County District Court Judge Jessica Peterson ordered Mones to be placed on some form of check-in monitoring and to surrender his passport, documents said. But several hours after the jury handed down the verdict, Mones left the country for Iraq.
On Saturday, Nevada State Police learned Mones posted on TikTok “showing a photo of what [appeared] to be a flight departing from Las Vegas with a post stating, ‘Goodbye Las Vegas,’” documents said.