Manhunt! Cold Car Thief Turns Himself In
After man steals car and breaks down, he takes off through Avon.
A man who led police on a chase through Avon eventually turned himself into Westlake police Sunday night when it became too cold for him to remain outside. Avon Police Chief Richard Bosley said a man who began walking away from a broken down car on Nagel Road near Detroit Road began running when police approached him. “We saw him broken down on the side of the road and he ran,” Bosley said. Police ran the plates and realized the vehicle, a 2003 Ford Taurus, was stolen from Brook Park. Officers were initially called out at 3:25 p.m. Jan. 20 and searched for more than an hour. “It was cleared at 3:48 p.m. after Brook Park police took custody of the vehicle,” Bosley said. Bosley said the man, Jason Witnik, 41, of Brooklyn, Ohio apparently …
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