Ohio legal question?

My friend was driving and crashed his car in the flowers at a business. No damage was done. Only tired tracks left in flower bed. He deserted his car there (it was stuck on a curb that was before the flower bed) and it was towed by police. It has been in police impound for almost month now. He has completely avoided the situation after the initial call to police (3 days after the incident) when they told him he needed to talk to a detective. They did not state the purpose to him. He doesn't think it's a big deal and is letting his insurance company try to get car out. I think the cops are going to want to see him still because of leaving the scene. Anything anyone knows about this would be very helpful. does anyone know the penalty for something of this such? i'm really trying to get him to talk to cops, he thinks there's no penalty though and it'd be a waste of time.

Ohio legal question?
OK...as you have explained this, your friend will probably be charged with leaving the scene of an accident at the minimum. Not a major problem. He is going to get in more trouble over ignoring the calls from the Police asking him at this point to come in to talk to them. Next will be a warrent for his arrest if he continues to ignore. Another point is the insurance company could care less about getting his car out of impound. They only insure it, period! Meantime, the storage fees add up each day and soon it will cost too much to get it back. Kiss that goodbye. Last point here is if your friend thinks there is no penalty and it would be a waste of time, why has he avoided the issue and not talked to the Police. My advice is to try to get him to go in and talk to them before he buries himself so deep he would be looking at jail time. Good luck and I do hope this has helped you.
Reply:If the car was stuck, damage WAS done. It is not possible to get the car stuck without damage to whatever it is stuck on. Report It
Reply:He should go to jail for leaving the scene, and possible avoiding the cops. If he does not turn himself in, and they stop him for something else, he will get more time than he already is facing.