Dirtbags Lance Katulski and Richard Flowers.
1364. Middletown, Pa. March 2. Child injured after being struck by a Mitsubishi Diamonte that fled the scene.
1365. Falmouth, Mass. March 1. Man suffers non-life-threatening injuries after being struck by a small blue “Toyota-type” car in a store parking lot; elderly woman driving.
1366. Lindenhurst, NY. March 1. 41-year-old man seriously injured when struck by a light-colored four-door sedan that fled the scene.
1367. Vallejo, Cal. March 2. 63-year-old man fatally struck by an older model pickup truck which was found nearby, but abandoned.
1368. Lebanon, NH. March 2. A young woman told police she was leaving TJ Maxx when she was struck by a tan vehicle, possibly a Camry.
1369. Detroit. March 2. 57-year-old man killed and 42-year-old woman critically injured when struck by a light-colored, hatchback-type SUV which fled the scene.
1370. Beaumont, Texas. March 3. Man on bicycle suffers minor injuries after being struck by a black Ford Taurus which took off.
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The arrest stems from a Dec. 4 incident, when police found a man dead in the middle of the road on the 800 block of Fourth Street. The man, Alberto Preciado, 69, of Hollister, was found suffering from massive head trauma around 8 p.m.
An hour after the incident, a person called the police department and admitted to driving the vehicle. The incident started a two-month investigation.
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Over a decade and a half, Mark Richard Tietjen’s traffic convictions mounted: speeding, reckless driving, open container, multiple instances of driving under the influence, driving while license suspended. On Wednesday, a judge cited that record and denied Tietjen’s request to get out of jail on his latest charge, a felony hit-and-run in Virginia Beach.
Tietjen is accused of fleeing a crash last month that critically injured a child who’d ventured onto South Lynnhaven Parkway.
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A suspect is behind bars after hitting a pedestrian then bolting and injuring an Albuquerque officer who was trying to stop him.
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An unlicensed driver has been arrested, accused in a hit-and-run crash that injured a man in a wheelchair.
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Sgt. Chris Kehn took the evidence to mechanics who identified the pieces as coming from a Mazda Tribute, 2003 to 2006. Using DMV records, police determined the driver was Kingsley Ukpabi, 28, of 559 Sixth Ave., Troy.
Ukpabi, who was released on an appearance ticket and due in city court Friday, was charged with leaving the scene of a serious personal injury motor vehicle accident, a felony; and third-degree aggravated unlicensed operation, Cooney said.
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Through witnesses in Hamilton County Criminal Court on Wednesday, District Attorney General Bill Cox and Assistant District Attorney Neal Pinkston detailed that Jeremy Allen Lane “reeked of alcohol,” had slurred speech and bloodshot, watery eyes shortly after the Dec. 23, 2009, incident.
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Two teens accused of a hit-and-run “for fun” face felony assault charges in Ferndale.
Police say 18-year-old Richard Flowers veered his 1992 Mercury Cougar toward a pedestrian walking near the intersection of Martin and Chestnut on Monday evening. His passenger, 17-year-old Lance Katulski, allegedly opened his door and struck the man.
“Both of them basically said it was a stupid thing to do but they did it for fun,” Ferndale Police Lt. William Wilson told the Daily Tribune.
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GLOUCESTER, Va. (WAVY) – Gloucester police charged a 34-year-old man with felony hit and run after they said he ran over and killed his wife Wednesday night. Officials told WAVY.com Frank West, Jr., hit his wife, Megan Hogge, 34, with his car and left her to die in a ditch at around 9:30 p.m. The incident occurred on York River Seafood Lane.
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BLUEFIELD (WV) — A Mercer County woman who pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter relating to the April 2010 hit-and-run death of a Bluefield woman has been sentenced to 15 years in prison. Brittani Taylor-Yopp, 20, of Bluefield, was sentenced to the maximum penalty for voluntary manslaughter by Circuit Court Judge Omar Aboulhosn.
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Last year at this time, 13-year-old Tyler Hummler was tucked safely on a school bus for an afternoon ride to his Great Kills home from school.
This year, he’s the victim of a hit-and-run accident.
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Eric Abshire, the Greene County man charged with murdering his wife, Justine, entered a plea of not guilty Thursday morning in Orange County court.
Caught, convicted, court appearance or car-on-car in … Missoula, Montana; Maryville, Tenn.; Albuquerque, NM; Meriden, Fla.; Tracy, Cal.; Mayfield Heights, Ohio; Manheim Twp., Pa.
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