Crime & Safety
Woman Rear-Ended After Stopping for Deer, Police Say
A Norristown man has been charged following an alleged hit-and-run near the corner of Germantown Pike and Thornhiill Drive on Wednesday.
Armando Bautista Ledo, 28, of the 400 block of Marshall Street, Norristown, was arrested Jan. 8 shortly before 10 p.m. after he allegedly rear-ended a woman who stopped her vehicle due to a deer running across the street.
According to police, Ledo, who was driving a dark green Mitsubishi Eclipse, crashed into the 37-year old victim's vehicle, exited the vehicle, but when he was asked for his insurance information, he fled westbound on Ridge Pike.
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Police stopped Ledo near the corner of Ridge and Butler pikes; his car had minor front-end damage, police said.
According to police, Ledo initially would not answer whether he was involved in a crash, but later said he hit the other vehicle and fled because he "got scared because he didn't have a license."
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Ledo was charged with accidents involving damage to an attended vehicle; driving without a license; and careless driving.
Ledo's preliminary hearing is scheduled for Jan. 22 before District Justice Deborah Lukens; he was unable to post bail, according to court documents.
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