DAYTON — UPDATE @ 3:25 p.m. (March 1):
A 33-year-old Harrison Twp. man accused of stealing a white SUV from Reichard Buick and crashing it into the dealership’s service garage faces formal charges.
Anthony Woods was indicted by a Montgomery County grand jury for vandalism, breaking and entering, grand theft of a motor vehicle, obstructing official business and resisting arrest.
He is scheduled to be arraigned Tuesday.
INITIAL REPORT:
A man accused of stealing a vehicle from the Reichard Buick service center and crashing it through a garage door was captured after trying to flee from police.
Officers responded around 1:30 a.m Sunday to the car dealership at 161 Salem Ave. after receiving an alarm from the service center, according to a Dayton police report.
Anthony Woods, 33, was booked into jail on suspicion of breaking and entering, theft, vandalism, obstructing official business and resisting arrest, according to the report.
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When police arrived on scene, officers “observed a white Buick SUV that was located inside of the Reichard Buick maintenance garage, start to back out of a bay.”
The driver accelerated and crashed through a garage door at the dealership and started fleeing from officers, according to the report.
Woods eventually crashed and jumped a fence behind a home in the 800 block of Riverview Terrance, where police took him into custody.
Woods was scheduled to appear Monday in Dayton Municipal Court.
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