Driver crashes into Clearwater home | Crime, Crashes and Fires

CLEARWATER — A St. Petersburg man was arrested after crashing into a home and fleeing the scene, the Florida Highway Patrol said.

The crash happened at 12:10 a.m. Oct. 18 on South Keene Road north of Hunt Lane, troopers said.

Alhan Eduardo Montes Jaramillo, 31, was driving an Acura sedan south on South Keene Road when he left the roadway and hit a fence at 1433 South Keene Road, the FHP said. The driver continued forward across the yard until colliding with the front of the residence, troopers said.

After the crash, the driver fled the scene but soon was apprehended by a Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office K-9 deputy, the FHP said.

Jaramillo was charged with leaving the scene of a crash involving property damage, DUI involving property damage, refusal to submit to sobriety testing and resisting arrest.