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Submitted without judgment: Calaveras County Sheriff: Hit-And-Run Suspect Found Tied To Telephone Pole At Scene Of Alleged Crime

The incident happened last Friday around 4:30 p.m in Valley Springs. The Calaveras County Sheriff’s office said 29-year-old Thomas Bechtold was arguing with 47-year-old James Leslie at the intersection of Nall Street and Westhill Road. Bechtold reportedly got into his vehicle and hit Leslie, knocking him unconscious. Bechtold then drove off from the scene.

Three hours later, the sheriff’s office got a report that the suspect had been dropped off at the same intersection. Deputies found Bechtold “battered with his hands tied behind his back and tethered to a telephone pole.”