Crime & Safety

Police Follow Muddy Tracks, Car Parts to Hit-Skip Culprit

The following information was provided by the Strongsville police department

 

An officer on patrol discovered about 3:45 a.m. Nov. 22 someone had taken out a whole section of white fence near the corner of Albion Road and Tanbark Lane. 

Officers tried to follow the muddy tracks and checked the area for a car with heavy front end damage.

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About 4 a.m., an officer found a piece of plasic undercarriage from a Nissan; another officer found the car it belonged to in a driveway on Idlewood Trail.

A Cleveland man answered the door and admitted he had been driving the Nissan.

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He was cited for hit-skip and failing to maintain continuous lanes.

The car was towed.


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