A 60-year-old Meriden man is in critical condition after he was struck in a hit-and-run last night and police found the suspected driver hiding in a closet after a witnesses jotted down the license plate of the fleeing car.
Police responded to Lewis Avenue in Meriden, near the tennis courts, at 10:22 p.m., to investigate and found Stephen Mahoney, 60, of Meriden, partly in the road with head, neck and leg injuries.
Mahoney was transported to Hartford Hospital and he is listed in critical condition, according to police.
One witness was able to write down the license plate of the vehicle that hit Mahoney and alert officers, who tracked the vehicle down to a home on Garden Street.
When officers arrived, they found a green Acura parked on the street and said it had damage to the passenger side, side mirror and windshield.
Police found the suspected driver, 25-year-old Tony Perez-Silva, hiding in a third-floor closet at 33 Garden St.
He has been charged with driving under the influence, reckless driving, second-degree assault with a motor vehicle, evading responsibility causing serious physical injury or death, operation of a motor vehicle while under suspension and interfering with police.
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Perez-Silva was held on $150,000 bond.
Police said more charges are possible and they are asking witnesses to call Officer Christian Rodriguez at (203) 630-6299.
