Car into east SR house, boy's bed shoved across room - Santa Rosa Press Democrat
Liam Fitzsimmons was fast asleep in his Bennett Valley home at 4 a. m. Monday when a pickup crashed into his bedroom, split his bed in half and catapulted him across the room and through a closet door. By late morning on Monday, Santa Rosa police had tracked down the suspected driver of the late-model red GMC that slammed into the front of the Marlatts’ home and through the boy’s bedroom wall, then fled the scene. Authorities arrested Timothy Charles Bendana, 23, at a family member’s home in Novato and charged him with three felony counts, including hit-and-run with injury, possession of marijuana and running a hash lab. “The truck had major damage, and there is no indication the driver intended to stop,” said Sgt. “We also found evidence in the driver’s home that indicated he was growing marijuana and producing hash that he intended to sell. Police said Bendana was running the drug operation from his Trinity Court home, about two blocks from the crash on Calaveras Drive, near Sacramento and Yulupa avenues in east Santa Rosa. They said they discovered glass pipes, marijuana plants and other materials needed to make hash at Bendana’s home. Police seized the drugs and the driver’s truck Monday. No further information was immediately available about the amount of drugs confiscated or whether the driver was under the influence of drugs or alcohol. Source: www.pressdemocrat.com
