A Minneapolis man is facing felony charges after investigators say he struck a woman with his car in Saint Paul last summer and left the scene.
According to a criminal complaint filed in Ramsey County, 26-year-old Arlandis Shamar Walls is charged with two counts of criminal vehicular operation resulting in great bodily harm.
The charges stem from a June 10 crash on Johnson Parkway near Phalen Boulevard.
Inside the abandoned Nissan, officers recovered a wallet containing Walls’ identification. Surveillance video also captured a tall man in a black hoodie and gray sweatpants exiting the driver’s side of the car and running away. Forensic testing later linked DNA collected from the airbag, steering wheel, gear shifter and keys directly to Walls. Analysts said the probability of the DNA belonging to anyone else was more than one in 100 billion.
Walls is charged with operating a motor vehicle in a grossly negligent manner causing great bodily harm, and with causing great bodily harm while leaving the scene of a collision. Both counts carry a maximum sentence of five years in prison and a $10,000 fine.
A warrant for Walls’ arrest was issued Oct. 1 and he was not in custody as of publication.
