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.

      • FuglyDuck@lemmy.worldEnglish
        20·
        6 months ago

        FTA:

        KSL went seeking answers after the probable cause statement said that the victim, Samantha Mathews, told police that Pham allegedly tried to lure her into his car. When she refused, Mathews told police that the car sped up and hit her.

        This is not a fender bender in a parking lot. This is an attempted abduction (probably attempted rape,) turned into an attempted murder.

        • jeffw@lemmy.worldM
          2·
          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

            • jeffw@lemmy.worldM
              1·
              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.