Fatal Hit and Run Investigation of 5 Year Old Boy Continues
By: Andy Mehalshick
Updated: December 29, 2012
Hanover Township,
Luzerne County -- The I-Team was there as Wilkes-Barre and Hanover Township Police
as well as Luzerne County detectives looked over a red Pontiac Sedan. It
resembles a car that was seen fleeing the scene of the deadly hit and run last
Friday in Wilkes-Barre that killed 5 year old Kevin Miller. That car was
captured on surveillance cameras. But
the car being checked out today was parked in Hanover Township.
Police got a tip from a
person who thought it might be the car they have been looking for. After looking
over the Pontiac, they interviewed its owner in a nearby apartment. After about
an hour police cleared the owner of any possible connection.
We spoke to the man, who
did not want to appear on camera. He said he understands why police were there,
but says the car is rarely ever used and he is in ill health and rarely drives
at all. The car owner says, "I'm not allowed to drive at night my kids and wife
won't let me drive at night, I do in the daytime. I go to the bank and doctor that
about it."
The commotion had neighbors
on edge but they all were aware of the hit and run probe. John Jendrzejewski says, "It's nice to see the police keeping up
with it..it was horrible thing to happen ironically the grandmother is a cousin
of ours." Fellow neighbor Dawn Loberg references another hit and run case
in Wilkes-Barre in which a young woman was killed, "Hey if they go for
every possible lead, go for it, you know eventually apparently if they put
enough pressure on like the last owner he turned himself in."
District Attorney
Stefanie Salavantis insists that every tip is being checked out, "even if
they think it's the most minor fact that they have that may lead to something
major in the investigation."
