Ohio sanitation worker finds wanted suspect hiding in trash can
By Emily Sanderson
Click here for updates on this story
HUBER HEIGHTS, Ohio (WLWT) — 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 to 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.
Please note: This story was provided to CNN Wire by an affiliate and does not contain original CNN reporting. This content carries a strict local market embargo. If you share the same market as the contributor of this article, you may not use it on any platform.