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# Citation for hit and run on Main St.
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/citation-for-hit-and-run-on-main-st/
- Published: 2017-06-29T14:00:07.000Z
- Updated: 2024-12-03T21:53:25.000Z
- Author: Editor
- Tags: Crime, News, CRIME WATCH, daily press crime watch, santa monica crime watch, santa monica daily press crime, santa monica police, Santa Monica Police Department, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2025-11-06 14:31

On June 22, at about 5:55 p.m.

An officer was near the Civic Center Parking Lot and heard a loud bang consistent with a traffic collision. The officer looked towards the 1700 block of Main Street and saw a vehicle in the center median. The vehicle reversed and the officers saw a stop sign lying on the floor. The vehicle continued southbound without making an attempt to stop. The officer conducted a traffic stop of the vehicle. The driver did not have a driver’s license and was taken into custody. Erko Brandt, 26, from Long Beach was issued a citation for hit & run and driving without a license.

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