EASTLAKE, Ohio (KRON/AP) – An 18-year-old had successfully eluded officers in northeast Ohio, but a search for his missing hat led him back into the hands of police.
Northeast Ohio Media Group reports officers in the city of Eastlake tried to stop Otha Montgomery for running a red light Tuesday morning.
Investigators say Montgomery sped up when an officer pursued him, then pulled into a driveway and ran away.
Police say Montgomery was stopped later and told officers he was walking to a friend’s house. They didn’t arrest him then.
But later, Montgomery returned to the scene where the pursuit ended to retrieve his lost hat, according to investigators. After giving officers there a detailed description of the missing hat, police located the hat in a flowerbed and then arrested him.
Court records don’t list an attorney for Montgomery.