Police locate hit and run suspect

Oxford police say  they have identified a hit-and-run suspect less than 24 hours after a crash that killed a 47-year-old man Sunday.  According to Calhoun County Coroner Pat Brown Ricky Lee Suddarth, was struck by a vehicle on Barry Street in Oxford less than one mile from the Anniston Metropolitan Airport.  Brown said a passerby reported the incident to police after finding Suddarth lying in a ditch. He said first responders were on the scene by 10:15 p.m. Sunday night.  Oxford police Chief Bill Partridge said investigators were able to obtain a description of the vehicle from debris at the scene.  Officers found the suspect’s vehicle on east Seventh Street behind Somerset Place apartments. The area Partridge described is about one mile from the scene of the hit-and-run.  The suspect, a 23-year-old Anniston man, has not been identified by police. The incident remains under investigation, Chief Partridge said, but he expects charges by the end of the week. Partridge said it appears the suspect was texting while driving when the crash occurred.