On Friday afternoon, around 5:30 pm, Carmi Police officers found a hit-and-run scene at the intersection of Ninth and West Main Street, but they couldn’t locate the suspect at the time. After obtaining video surveillance of the area, they identified the suspect the next day as 67-year-old Gregory Fischer.
Fischer was arrested and taken to the White County Jail. According to the arrest report by Carmi Police, he is facing charges of leaving the scene of an accident – failure to report an accident, leaving the scene of an accident – damage to property, and criminal damage to property.
Two mailboxes and a City of Carmi Light Pole were all destroyed Friday during the accident. Police towed the vehicle involved in the hit-and-run from Fischer’s garage.