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NORTH LAS VEGAS, Nev. (AP) — A man arrested on suspicion of stealing an airplane from an airport and taking it for a flight over the Las Vegas area has been identified.
Twenty-seven-year-old Evan Grant is accused of stealing the plane shortly after midnight Friday from the North Las Vegas Airport.
He was booked into the Las Vegas city jail for investigation of grand larceny auto, a charge that also covers aircraft. His bail was set at $100,000.
Police say the suspect was eventually talked into landing the twin-engine plane at the airport early Saturday morning.
Grant is a former student pilot who trained at the airport.
A McCarran International Airport spokesman told KSNV-TV of Las Vegas the flight was monitored by air traffic controllers for more than an hour.
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