Crime & Safety
Beetlejuice Accused of Hit and Run
Atlanta police are turning to the public to help summon the cantankerous ghost.

Credit: WSB-TV
Atlanta police are looking for the person behind the wheel of a car that smashed into a parked Mercedes-Benz while leaving a Halloween party over the weekend then drove away, according to a report.
Surveillance video shows the driver, who was dressed as Beetlejuice, getting out to inspect the damage, WSB-TV says. A passenger in the car was dressed as a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle.
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The owner of the Mercedes says sheβs afraid her car will not be salvageable following the collision, which saw the hit-and-run driverβs vehicle end up on top of the parked Mercedes, footage obtained by WSB-TV shows. Neighbors helped get the cars separated from one another; one helper took a picture of the carβs license plate and passed it along to police.
Patch has reached out to police and will update this article when more information is available.
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