A 41-year-old Somers man has been arrested and charged for a hit-and-run crash that left a Vernon father and volunteer coach dead on the side of the street near his home.
Investigators say Philip Holmes drove the car, still damaged and with streaks of blood on the hood, past the scene of the crime the day after the crash where he was stopped and questioned at a police checkpoint in the neighborhood.
Armed with pieces of the car and video evidence from neighbors, detectives caught Holmes lying about the damage to his car in the very spot where 44-year-old Andrew Aggarwala was found dead the day before, according to arrest warrant affidavits released Monday night.