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A sanitation worker’s shocking discovery while on the job led an Ohio police department to track down a wanted suspect. Video from the Huber Heights Police Department shows the moment the suspect was discovered.The department stated officers tried to pull a car over, but the driver fled from officers on foot.Officers quickly established a perimeter in an effort to catch the suspect; little did they know he was hiding nearby.Dash cam video shows a sanitation worker loading a garbage can, ready to empty it into the truck, but when he lifts the lid, shocked to find the wanted suspect inside.The worker quickly alerted the police, with the video showing an officer hopping out of the cruiser to chase down the suspect.”As luck would have it, ‘Oscar the Grouch’ — as we’ve nicknamed our suspect — appeared at just the right place and the right time,” the department said in the post.The department said the suspect was taken into custody without injury to anyone involved.
A sanitation worker’s shocking discovery while on the job led an Ohio police department to track down a wanted suspect.
Video from the Huber Heights Police Department shows the moment the suspect was discovered.
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The department stated officers tried to pull a car over, but the driver fled from officers on foot.
Officers quickly established a perimeter in an effort to catch the suspect; little did they know he was hiding nearby.
Dash cam video shows a sanitation worker loading a garbage can, ready to empty it into the truck, but when he lifts the lid, shocked to find the wanted suspect inside.
The worker quickly alerted the police, with the video showing an officer hopping out of the cruiser to chase down the suspect.
“As luck would have it, ‘Oscar the Grouch’ — as we’ve nicknamed our suspect — appeared at just the right place and the right time,” the department said in the post.
The department said the suspect was taken into custody without injury to anyone involved.
