Crime Report: Woman Reports Hit-and-Run Crash in Canton

responded to Michigan Avenue and Interstate 275 for a report of a hit-and-run accident, according to a police report.

The vehicle owner told police she had exited southbound Interstate 275 and was crossing Michigan Avenue on a green light when her vehicle was hit by a white minivan, the report said. She told police the other driver failed to stop after the accident.

According to the report, police saw a blue Chevy Cobalt belonging to the woman with heavy damage on the left side.

A witness in another vehicle told police he followed the minivan to an adjacent mobile home park.

The man told police he and the woman both began crossing Michigan Avenue on a green light when he saw a vehicle speeding westbound without slowing down for the traffic signal, the report said. The man told police he accelerated to avoid being hit, and that the vehicle crashed into the woman’s Cobalt. He described the suspect’s vehicle as a white GMC minivan with heavy front-end damage, the report said.

According to the report, police located a white GMC minivan matching the description of the suspect’s vehicle at the Westpoint mobile home park, parked far from the vehicle owner’s residence.

The owner of the minivan told police the light was yellow and that the other driver ran a red light and he could not stop, the report said. He told police he went home to report the accident to police.

According to the report, the Canton Police Department did not receive a call from the man reporting the accident.

Police cited the man on charges of leaving the scene of an accident and disregarding a red traffic signal.

Resident tells police that car coated in oil might be retaliation for his political yard signs

Plymouth Township Police responded July 6 to Wellington Drive for a report of apparent vandalism to two vehicles, according to a police report.

The vehicle owner told police his black 2003 Mercury Sable and his company car, a 2011 Ford Mustang, were covered in a brown liquid, the report said. He told police he attempted to wash off the substances but was unable to remove it.

The man told police he does not have any suspects and is on good terms with his neighbors. He told police the incident might have occurred because of the political signs in his front yard, the report said.

According to the report, the brown liquid substance appeared to be motor oil, and the concrete surrounding the vehicles also was stained with the substance.

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