**** HRP Media Release
Police investigate multiple hit and run incidents
Halifax Regional Police is investigating multiple reports of hit and runs that occurred in Dartmouth early this morning.
At approximately 2 a.m. officers responded to a report a hit and run in the area of the 0-100 block of Pleasant Street. Officers located multiple vehicles in that area that had been heavily damaged.
Officers located an abandoned front-end loader equipped with a snowplow in the area. Investigators believe that it was the vehicle involved in the hit and runs. The front-end loader had been stolen from the parking lot of the Dartmouth Sportsplex earlier in the evening.
Anyone who believes their vehicle was damaged in relation to the incident and has not already spoken to police is encouraged to call and report it. Anyone with information or video from the area in relation to the incidents is also asked to call police at 902-490-5020. Anonymous tips can be sent to Crime Stoppers by calling toll-free 1-800-222-TIPS (8477), submitting a secure web tip at www.crimestoppers.ns.ca or by using the P3 Tips app.
