PINELLAS PARK, Fla. — Pinellas Park Police Department investigators have arrested the driver in a hit-and-run crash that happened on May 9.
Pinellas Park Police say the crash occurred around 4 a.m. at the 9600 block of 66th Street North.
Investigators received an anonymous tip about a vehicle having new suspicious damage over the weekend.
Upon locating the vehicle and contacting its owner, 62-year-old Scott Muli of St. Petersburg, it was determined that it was the suspect vehicle.
Muli was then identified as the vehicle's driver during the crash.
The victim, later identified as 46-year-old Dominick Venose of Clearwater, was believed to be crossing the roadway midblock when he was struck by Muli, who was traveling northbound.
After the collision, Muli left the scene in the opposite direction.
Venose remains in critical condition at a local hospital.
On Monday, Muli was taken into custody at his residence in St. Petersburg and charged with leaving the scene of a crash involving serious bodily injury.
He has been booked at the Pinellas County Jail,
Northbound lanes of 66th Street were closed at 94th Avenue but reopened at 6 a.m. Thursday.
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