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Evan Potts is being held on $5 million bond after pleading not guilty to manslaughter charges after fatally striking 34-year-old Ian Sharinn with his Nissan Altima and then driving over the victim's body. The 22-year-old defendant's lawyer, Stanley Kopilow, said he would appeal the high bail—$500,000 if paid in cash—as he told the court yesterday, "This was a tragedy that was fueled by unreasonable anger on the part of the deceased and panic on behalf of my client."

A 34-year-old man was killed after a road rage confrontation in Long Beach that saw the 22-year-old driver of the other vehicle strike the victim with his Nissan Altima and continue driving right over him before fleeing the scene. Evan Potts was arrested and charged with second-degree manslaughter after onlookers say he panicked when the driver of a '78 canary yellow Porsche got out of his car and began yelling at Potts after the two had been in an ongoing confrontation behind their respective wheels for over a mile. Nassau County Police spokesman Kevin Smith said, "We believe he extended his arms and said something to him. We believe it was a profanity. We don't know the exact phrase that was used, but at that time the driver stepped on the gas, struck him, might have dragged him for a short period of time." A witness described it, "He went right over him like he was a cat in the road...I heard his head rattling in the undercarriage." Potts claims that he was trying to get away fro the driver for five minutes and had been attempting to call 911.

Comedian and car enthusiast Jerry Seinfeld managed to walk away "without a scratch" after his 1967 Fiat BTM flipped in East Hampton over the weekend.

It probably sounded like a great idea over MySpace, Facebook, or whatever conniving teens are using to hatch their plans these days, but in the end the group behind the Porsche Craigslist scams were arrested by the police. Seven teens, all city residents, between 16-19 years old, were arrested. Two of the teens were charged in connection with both robberies. The two phony ads were placed by Agniesika Banach, 17, from Maspeth. Also charged in both cases was Khaliek Owens of Brooklyn, who is 16. The other five suspects were only charged on one case each. The two robberies occurred in Long Island, where prospective buyers were lured to buy a 2002 Porsche for $44,000. Upon arriving, the buyers were attacked and robbed.