Man Hits Tree, Almost Hits Child and Walmart Caper Goes Awry

This week in Avon’s police logs:

A North Long Road man was charged with hit/skip after Avon Police received a call at 8:30 p.m. on April 30 that a blue SUV driven by a man with white hair drove off the road, struck a tree and then fled the area.

An off-duty officer then called in to report his neighbor may be following the vehicle. Why? Because the car drove into the neighbor's yard and barely missed hitting his child.

Police were able to get a better description of the car: a dark blue Ford Edge missing a headlight. They were able to trace a car fitting that desciption to a North Long Road residence.

Man tries to steal at Walmart, doesn't get far

A man and a woman are facing charges after a man began shoving merchandise, including an HDTV and a Blue Ray player over the fence of Avon Walmart into the store's garden center last week. The suspect, described as a white male, got into a car driven by a woman, which began heading toward the construction area before turning back toward the exit and stopping near the garden center.

The man tried to get the merchandise, failed, got back in the car and began exiting Walmart.

Police stopped the vehicle near Arby’s. Walmart plans to pursue charges-- not of theft --but criminal damaging. The woman was cited for driving under suspension and marked lanes. The car was not hers so the police charged the owner with wrongful entrustment.