A man was arrested on Wednesday Sept. 24 in connection with a hit-and-run that killed a woman the week before, the Redlands Police Department said.

Loren Jonathan Oajdea, 35, was identified as the driver of a white Audi seen on surveillance video striking Stephany Rose Allen, 38, as she crossed the street at Industrial Park Drive and Alabama Street shortly after midnight Wednesday, Sept. 17, police said.

Detectives located the car hidden under a makeshift tarp, at a home in the 14600 block of Golden Trail in Victorville. It had front end damage and a broken windshield consistent with the collision, they said.

Oajdea was located in Hesperia Wednesday afternoon, driving a rental car. As police and San Bernardino County Sheriff’s deputies attempted to detain him, he fled, causing three min

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