Ohio Suspect Arrested After Returning for Hat
An 18-year-old old eluded police in Lake County, Ohio during a pursuit, but was arrested when he returned to the crime scene to retrieve his hat early Tuesday morning.
An officer attempted to stop Otha Montgomery's vehicle after he ran a red light on SOM Center Road around 2:15 a.m. when the teen began to speed up, according to The Northeast Ohio Media Group.
Officials say Montgomery then pulled into a driveway, bailed from the vehicle and ran. A man in the passenger's seat gave police a description of the teen, including the black baseball cap he was wearing.
Investigators stopped a man -- later identified as Montgomery -- who told them he was walking to a friend's house and decided not to arrest him. The teen later returned to the scene where the pursuit ended and gave officers a detailed description of a hat he was looking for.
Police found that hat in a flowerbed and arrested Montgomery.
He denied being the driver, but back at the station, police say he called a friend and told the story of the pursuit.
Montgomery is charged with failing to comply with a police order, obstructing official business and various traffic violations.
He is being held at the Lake County Sheriff's Office on a $3,500 bond.