Crescent City Police Department arrested a 23-year-old man Sept. 21 for attempted murder and hit and run for intentionally hitting a man with his car.According to the CCPD Police Chief Richard Griffin, at 1:17 p.m. Sept. 20, Johnathon James Michael Amos struck the victim with his 1990s Mazda 323 at the Chevron Station located at 315 Highway 101 then fled the scene.Griffin said investigators believe the hit and run was intentional based feud or ongoing issues between the two.โWitnesses saw the victim going up and over the hood of the car,โ Griffin said. โThey said he drove away looking angry.โ#placement_573654_0_i{width:100%;max-width:550px;margin:0 auto;}var rnd = window.rnd || Math.floor(Math.random()*10e6);var pid573654 = window.pid573654 || rnd;var plc573654 = window.plc573654 || 0;var abkw = window.abkw || '';var absrc = 'https://ads.empowerlocal.co/adserve/;ID=181918;size=0x0;setID=573654;type=js;sw='+screen.width+';sh='+screen.height+';spr='+window.devicePixelRatio+';kw='+abkw+';pid='+pid573654+';place='+(plc573654++)+';rnd='+rnd+';click=CLICK_MACRO_PLACEHOLDER';var _absrc = absrc.split("type=js"); absrc = _absrc[0] + 'type=js;referrer=' + encodeURIComponent(document.location.href) + _absrc[1];document.write('');The victim, a 32-year-old Crescent City man, was transported to Sutter Coast Hospital where he was reported in stable condition. However, Griffin said once there, he was uncooperative with investigators over the incident.Amos was later arrested Sept. 21 in a vacant lot in the 300 block of McNamara Street. He was booked into Del Norte County Jail and charged with attempted murder and hit and run resulting in injury.Amos is being held on $250,000 bail. googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('ad-1515727'); });
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Crescent City man arrested for attempted murder, hit and run
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September 25, 2020 at 05:30 PM
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Published September 25, 2020 at 05:30 PM
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