- A man in Polk County, Florida, was arrested after his damaged trailer led deputies to his home following a hit-and-run incident involving mailboxes and garbage bins.
A damaged trailer can make getting away from a crash considerably harder when it draws a line back to your house.
Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd says that is essentially what happened after a large pickup truck towing a trailer ran over residential mailboxes and garbage bins in Polk County, Florida. The driver left after the crash, according to Judd, but the trailer had been damaged.
As the truck continued down the road, the damaged trailer gouged the pavement. Deputies followed the mark all the way to a home, where Judd says they found 27-year-old Hector Osvaldo Alvarez taking a nap…