The Salt Lake Police Department is defending itself in the case of the man accused of a string of hit-and-runs in the city and questions about why Pham wasn't arrested after the initial hit-and-run last August.

The Salt Lake Police Department is defending itself in the case of the man accused of a string of hit-and-runs in the city and questions about why Ahn Pham wasn’t arrested after the initial hit-and-run last August.

A department spokesman told KSL TV that the case was investigated as an aggravated assault. But, it was determined that there wasn’t enough probable cause to arrest Pham, despite having a license plate number, a victim, and two witness accounts of what happened.

  • JoBo@feddit.uk
    121·
    6 months ago

    Minor property crime?

    What exactly do you think a hit and run is?

    • jeffw@lemmy.worldM
      216·
      6 months ago

      A car crash where you typically do less than 2-3k in damage. It does not require bodily injury to be a hit and run

      • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
        101·
        6 months ago

        Pham is accused of hitting five more people after this case from August.

        Read the damn article.

        • jeffw@lemmy.worldM
          14·
          6 months ago

          Read my original comment? My point is “why do of they have arrested him after one hit and run?” As I stated to you before, I missed the part where they said the hit and run was directed at an individual. People should not be locked up for run of the mill hit and runs.