Sentra

In its cheapest form, Nissan's all-new Sentra is an attractive small car with a rather seductive starting price of $7,999.In its sportiest form, the SE-R model I tested, the Sentra becomes more fun than any car with an under-$11,000 base price has a right to be.The SE-R coupe is a car that assumes that inside many seemingly sensible, civilized adults there is a juvenile delinquent screaming to get out. It also assumes that you'd rather not let your neighbors...

Investigators will attempt to piece together the events leading to the death of Deysi M. Benitez, a Frederick woman whose body was identified this week, one month after being discovered in a field and more than a year after the bodies of her four children and her husband were found in their home. Frederick authorities believe Benitez's husband killed her and dumped her body into a shallow grave in a wooded area near Emmitsburg. Her body was discovered on Feb. 29 by a real estate agent conducting a property survey.

POLICE LOG* Wilde Lake: 5200 block of Brook Way: A black car vacuum cleaner was stolen from a red Nissan Sentra on Sunday.* Hickory Ridge: 5200 block of Cedar Lane: A 1986 Oldsmobile Cutlass stolen Saturday night was found abandoned on a lawn with its engine running.* Dorsey's Search: 5300 block of Columbia Road: Maryland license tags ALA861 were taken from a 1985 Nissan Sentra last Thursday.

A sport utility vehicle collided head-on with a minivan early yesterday on Route 543 near Bel Air, sending a Bel Air man and a Connecticut family of five to area hospitals with serious injuries, state police said. The 8 a.m. accident occurred after a man, 26, fell asleep at the wheel of a northbound Chevrolet Blazer, police said. The Blazer skidded over the yellow line and struck a Ford Windstar carrying a Connecticut couple and their three boys, police said. A Nissan Sentra then rear-ended the Windstar, police said.

Jose A. Munoz, the man accused of participating in a drag race in November that left an Annapolis man dead, was indicted by a grand jury Friday on a charge of vehicular manslaughter. Munoz, 42, of Martha Court in Annapolis, is accused of being one of three drivers who were speeding south on Generals Highway in Crownsville on Thanksgiving Day when the crash occurred. Maximiliano Merlos, 34, of Wellington Place died at the scene. He was a passenger in a 1991 Honda CRX being driven by Byron H. Hernandez of Housley Road that was trying to pass Munoz's 1995 Nissan Sentra, police said.

POLICE LOG* Odenton: Someone stole $640 in stereo equipment, a wallet and a leather business card case from a 1987 gray Nissan Sentra parked in the 12000 block of Scotts Manor Court. The burglary occurred Thursday between 6:45 p.m. and 9 p.m.

POLICE LOG* Ellicott City: 3800 block of Graceland Court: Someone entered a 1988 Mitsubishi Precis between 11:30 p.m. Friday and 7 a.m. Saturday, and stole an $80 pair of Ray-Ban sunglasses, a $40 car spotlight and two dress shirts valued at $30.3700 block of Maryland Avenue: Two tires were slashed on a 1982 Nissan Sentra between 8 p.m. Thursday and 1 p.m. Saturday.

Police logLaurel: 10100 block of U.S. 1: Someone stole a 1989 GMC van Tuesday night. It has Ohio license P3X94E.Laurel: 10000 block of U.S. 1: Someone stole a blue Nissan Sentra between 9: 30 p.m. and 9: 50 p.m. Wednesday. The license plate number was unknown.Pub Date: 10/11/96

Five youths suspected of a drive-by shooting in Front Royal, Va., were arrested by Southern District officers Wednesday morning in a stolen car on U.S. 50 near Whitehall Road, Anne Arundel County police said.The officers recovered a .44-caliber handgun from the glove compartment of the car, a 1989 Chevrolet Corsica. All five have Front Royal addresses. They were charged with transporting a handgun in a vehicle and possession of a stolen vehicle, police said.Henry Lee Atkins and Mark Anthony Cameron, both 16, were charged as adults.

POLICE LOG* Savage: 8600 block of Foundry Street: An oval diamond ring, speakers and several other items were reported stolen from a 1984 Toyota 4X4 parked at Savage Mill Park on Tuesday. The property was valued at more than $2,000.* North Laurel: 9300 block of Cross Timbers: Someone stole a rear hatchback deck cover from a red 1990 Ford Escort Monday.9200 block of Traders Crossing: The driver side window of a Nissan Sentra was broken Tuesday, but police said no entry was made.

Jose A. Munoz, the man accused of participating in a drag race in November that left an Annapolis man dead, was indicted by a grand jury Friday on a charge of vehicular manslaughter. Munoz, 42, of Martha Court in Annapolis, is accused of being one of three drivers who were speeding south on Generals Highway in Crownsville on Thanksgiving Day when the crash occurred. Maximiliano Merlos, 34, of Wellington Place died at the scene. He was a passenger in a 1991 Honda CRX being driven by Byron H. Hernandez of Housley Road that was trying to pass Munoz's 1995 Nissan Sentra, police said.

An alcohol-related drag race was apparently the cause of a head-on collision in Crownsville that left one man dead and another charged with vehicular homicide, Anne Arundel County police said. Police said three drivers were speeding south on Generals Highway early Thanksgiving Day when one of them, Byron H. Hernandez of Housley Road in Annapolis, crossed into the northbound lanes to pull ahead of the others. Near the intersection of Belvoir Farms Road, Hernandez's 1991 Honda CRX smashed into a 2001 Jeep Ranger, police said.

A passenger in a moving car apparently panicked after seeing a police cruiser and leaped out, surprising a Howard County officer who had no idea he would soon be arresting someone on drug charges.The strange sequence of events unfolded Wednesday evening: Officer Christopher Adams made a U-turn on White Acre Road in Columbia, responding to an accident elsewhere, and suddenly saw a man lying in a pool of blood in the Oakland Mills village street.Though Adams said he first suspected a hit-and-run accident, he changed his mind after finding suspected drugs at the scene.

A second person has died from injuries suffered in a collision in West Friendship June 19. A third person in the accident remained in serious condition yesterday.Sandra Lee Foster, 58, of New Windsor, was taken to the Maryland Shock Trauma Center after the accident at 4: 45 a.m. and died early Saturday.Foster, who was wearing a seat belt, was driving a car that was struck by a Nissan Sentra that crossed the center line on Route 32 north of Rosemary Lane, police said.The driver of the Nissan, Vijay Jose, 23, of Ellicott City, was declared dead at the scene.

Traffic ground to a halt for 2 1/2 hours in downtown Baltimore yesterday when police discovered what appeared to be a makeshift bomb inside a car parked on East Lombard Street, forcing them to shut down six square blocks north of the Inner Harbor.Police believe the crude device found in a black 1990 Nissan Sentra -- made of three containers of gasoline connected with a series of wicks -- was intended to burn the car, and not to explode on a downtown street.Investigators said one of the wicks was set on fire, causing damage to the car's interior, but the fire burned out on a fire-resistant child safety seat before it reached the gasoline.

Two Baltimore-area men accused of a strong-arm robbery in Westminster early Wednesday were arrested later that day after calling Westminster police for help finding their car.Police said a 28-year-old resident of Charles Street in Westminster told them that two men in a Nissan Sentra assaulted him about 2 a.m. in the 200 block of E. Main St. One man yanked a gold chain from his neck, police said, and the other grabbed his watch after hitting him in the...

A sport utility vehicle collided head-on with a minivan early yesterday on Route 543 near Bel Air, sending a Bel Air man and a Connecticut family of five to area hospitals with serious injuries, state police said. The 8 a.m. accident occurred after a man, 26, fell asleep at the wheel of a northbound Chevrolet Blazer, police said. The Blazer skidded over the yellow line and struck a Ford Windstar carrying a Connecticut couple and their three boys, police said. A Nissan Sentra then rear-ended the Windstar, police said.

Two Baltimore-area men accused of a strong-arm robbery in Westminster early Wednesday were arrested later that day after calling Westminster police for help finding their car.Police said a 28-year-old resident of Charles Street in Westminster told them that two men in a Nissan Sentra assaulted him about 2 a.m. in the 200 block of E. Main St. One man yanked a gold chain from his neck, police said, and the other grabbed his watch after hitting him in the...

Police logLaurel: 10100 block of U.S. 1: Someone stole a 1989 GMC van Tuesday night. It has Ohio license P3X94E.Laurel: 10000 block of U.S. 1: Someone stole a blue Nissan Sentra between 9: 30 p.m. and 9: 50 p.m. Wednesday. The license plate number was unknown.Pub Date: 10/11/96

POLICE LOG* Odenton: Someone stole $640 in stereo equipment, a wallet and a leather business card case from a 1987 gray Nissan Sentra parked in the 12000 block of Scotts Manor Court. The burglary occurred Thursday between 6:45 p.m. and 9 p.m.