Charles Waldrop was peacefully riding his bicycle home from work a few minutes after midnight last Saturday when he was struck and killed by a car driven by Phoenix-area resident Timothy Kissida.
That’s the tragic part of the story, but not the interesting part. Kissida was apprehended later and booked on one count of leaving the scene of a fatal accident and another count of tampering with evidence.
Police knew the suspect vehicle was a “silver BMW” because parts of the car were found at the scene of the crime.
Hours after the accident, Kissida drove to a Phoenix-area auto dealership and traded in his 1992 BMW as part of the “Cash for Clunkers” program.
Kissida told the dealer that his car had been damaged when he hit a javelina. (Don’t feel bad. We didn’t know what the hell a javelina was, either. Turns out it’s a wild boar found in semi-desert areas of Mexico and southwestern United States).
After receiving an anonymous tip, police swooped in, search warrants in hand, arresting Kissida and seizing his clunker from the dealer.
“I think it shows that people go to drastic means to try to avoid apprehension,” said Phoenix Police Sgt. Tommy Thompson.
Kissida is hoping a liberal judge will suspend any sentence based on the fact that he may have killed a man, but he helped save the earth.
Source: KTAR
