Renegade Rip

Issue date: 3/21/07 Section: News

Media Credit: Steven Martin

A hit-and-run occurred on the Bakersfield College campus March 6 that damaged the driver-side door of a BC public safety cruiser.
Su Htun, 21, of Bakersfield, allegedly backed out of a handicapped parking space in the BC Fine Arts staff parking lot, impacting with an unoccupied public safety officer's sedan and then kept driving, around 4:57 p.m.
According to a report filed by public safety officer Jason Mattheus, he returned to the 1998 Ford Taurus to find that the driver-side door of his cruiser was "caved in."
Witnesses reported to Mattheus a description of the car that allegedly struck his cruiser and Mattheus then radioed the vehicle description.
According to the report, Senior Public Safety Officer Ric Cox observed a vehicle matching the description driving south on Haley Street from University Avenue.
Cox followed the vehicle and Htun reportedly pulled over upon seeing that Cox was following her.
Bakersfield Police Department Officer Robert Enos arrived at Haley Street and Height Street around 5:42 p.m. where Htun, Mattheus, and Cox were waiting.
Enos cited and released Htun for suspected misdemeanor hit-and-run resulting in property damage, since no one was injured.
According to the report, Htun does have insurance.
The damage to the cruiser has not yet been assessed.
None of the public safety officers involved in the accident and detention of Htun were available for comment.
Contact information for Htun could not be obtained.

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