LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — The man accused of leading police on a chase in a stolen bus drove more than 80 mph on Las Vegas roads before hitting and killing a motorcyclist, documents 8 News Now obtained Monday showed.
On Wednesday, Jan. 21, at around 7 p.m., officers responded to a report of a Salvation Army bus taken from the 200 block of West Judson Avenue, around Lake Mead Boulevard near North 5th Street.
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The person reporting told police the bus he drives was stolen by Jalen Felton, 24, and he believed a passenger was still inside the bus, according to an arrest report. He said he used the bus to go to the Salvation Army to pick up patients and drive them to Alcoholics or Narcotics Anonymous meetings.
Because they believed a passenger was still on board, officers initiated a pursuit of the bus. The report stated another person following the bus reported it was at the intersection of Lake Mead and MLK boulevards, the report stated…