Man Arrested Following Hit And Run Accident

VALLEY CITY, N.D. (AP) – Police in Valley City have arrested a man following a hit-and-run accident.
 
     Police Chief Fred Thompson says officers tracked down the 54-year-old man using a license plate that was found at the scene.
 
     Thompson says a witness reported seeing the man driving through a stop sign, striking a fence and then a light pole. No one was injured.
 
     Thompson says police ran the license plate number through state records and used the information to locate a 2000 Nissan Maxima in a parking lot. Thompson says officers then interviewed the man, who showed signs of being intoxicated.
 
54 year old, Rickey Lee Johnson is facing preliminary charges of driving under the influence, driving with a suspended license and leaving the scene of an accident.