RICHMOND

Richmond police arrested a man who allegedly ran into three parked cars on Front Street belonging to the same family two weeks ago.

Richmond Police Chief Scott MacMaster said when police talked to the owners of the vehicles Thursday, they said the driver’s insurance company was trying to get them to pay $2,000 toward the damages.

On June 14, at 12:43 a.m., police responded to a hit and run crash on Front Street. MacMaster said a 1999 Ford sport utility vehicle had struck three legally parked vehicles in front of a residence on Front Street. A 2009 Subaru Impreza was seriously damaged, and 2011 and 2013 Toyota Sienna vans — both wheelchair vans — sustained considerable damage as well. The vans are needed because two of the family members are wheelchair bound.

Jon Madore, 58, of Middle Road in Dresden, was arrested and charged with leaving the scene of an accident and failure to report an accident by quickest means.

“He continued on and eventually lost the tire on his vehicle,” MacMaster said, adding the front passenger tire fell off just before the Richmond- Dresden Bridge about a mile from the crash, “and he left the vehicle in the middle of the road and allegedly walked home.”

While an officer was at the scene of the reported hit and run crash, someone called police to report the abandoned SUV in the middle of the road by the bridge. Police responded, ran the license plate, called for a wrecker and went the residence of the registered owner, who allegedly said he’d fallen asleep, and gone home and drank a lot. MacMaster said police believe alcohol was a factor.

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