Police: Owner of truck in hit-and-run is 'person of interest'
Owner comes forward, but is not charged in death of Johns Hopkins student
Bryan P. Sears, bsears@patuxent.com
Posted 10/21/09
Baltimore City Police are continuing to investigate a Sykesville man in connection with the Oct. 16 hit-and-run death of a Johns Hopkins University student, but have yet to make an arrest.
On Tuesday, the owner of the truck that police say struck and killed Miriam Frankl, 20, turned himself in to police, according to detective Donny Moses, a city police spokesman.
Frankl, a molecular biology student, was struck in the 3500 block of St. Paul Street at University Parkway on Friday.
Moses said a Carroll County man, who is the owner of the white Ford F-250, spoke with investigators on Tuesday. Moses said investigators believe the 39-year-old Sykesville man was the driver of the truck at the time of the accident.
“We believe that, but we have to be able to prove it,” Moses said.
Because the man has not been charged, police are not releasing his name. “He’s not been charged and he’s not a suspect,” Moses said. “He’s a person of interest.”
Moses said the investigation is ongoing.
“We’re working hand-in-hand with the state’s attorney’s office,” Moses said.
On Monday, WBFF-TV aired a story in which a reporter went to the home of the man identified in state records as the owner of the truck. The man answered the door, then asked the reporter to leave and threatened him.
“That’s your only warning and then I get a shotgun,” the man told the reporter in the Fox 45 report. The report can be viewed at Fox 45’s Web site, HERE.
The man identified as the owner of the truck has four convictions for driving under the influence dating back to 1994, according to state court records.
He is out on $100,000 bail awaiting a Dec. 11 trial for 15 prior traffic violations including leaving the scene of an accident, failing to render aid to a person injured in an accident, consuming alcohol while operating a vehicle and failure to provide a license and registration at the scene of an accident, according to state court records.
In February, the man was sentenced to three years in jail for driving under the influence. That sentence was reduced to 18 months of supervised probation and he was recommended for a work-release program, according to court records.
On Tuesday, the owner of the truck that police say struck and killed Miriam Frankl, 20, turned himself in to police, according to detective Donny Moses, a city police spokesman.
Frankl, a molecular biology student, was struck in the 3500 block of St. Paul Street at University Parkway on Friday.
Moses said a Carroll County man, who is the owner of the white Ford F-250, spoke with investigators on Tuesday. Moses said investigators believe the 39-year-old Sykesville man was the driver of the truck at the time of the accident.
“We believe that, but we have to be able to prove it,” Moses said.
Because the man has not been charged, police are not releasing his name. “He’s not been charged and he’s not a suspect,” Moses said. “He’s a person of interest.”
Moses said the investigation is ongoing.
“We’re working hand-in-hand with the state’s attorney’s office,” Moses said.
On Monday, WBFF-TV aired a story in which a reporter went to the home of the man identified in state records as the owner of the truck. The man answered the door, then asked the reporter to leave and threatened him.
“That’s your only warning and then I get a shotgun,” the man told the reporter in the Fox 45 report. The report can be viewed at Fox 45’s Web site, HERE.
The man identified as the owner of the truck has four convictions for driving under the influence dating back to 1994, according to state court records.
He is out on $100,000 bail awaiting a Dec. 11 trial for 15 prior traffic violations including leaving the scene of an accident, failing to render aid to a person injured in an accident, consuming alcohol while operating a vehicle and failure to provide a license and registration at the scene of an accident, according to state court records.
In February, the man was sentenced to three years in jail for driving under the influence. That sentence was reduced to 18 months of supervised probation and he was recommended for a work-release program, according to court records.
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Way to go Chris!!!!!!
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