A Norwalk man convicted of a DUI earlier this month and awaiting trial for felony charges has denied being the driver in a recent hit-skip crash.

Dominic J. Ursetti, 20, currently of 5144 U.S. 250, Lot 39, is charged with leaving the scene of an accident, failure to maintain assured clear distance and driving with a suspended license in connection with a hit-skip crash Sunday. The accident happened about 1:15 p.m. at the intersection of League Street and Milan Avenue.

There were no injuries in the rear-end collision with the 2008 Saturn View sport utility vehicle (SUV) driven by Cheryl A. Brought, 47, of 84 N. Foster St. There was minor, functional damage to the rear of the SUV.

Sgt. Jim Montana said the driver of a 2006 Dodge 4x4 pickup truck hit the rear of Brought's SUV and fled the scene.

"He (Ursetti) denied ever driving it," Montana said.

"The license plate for the suspect vehicle was left at the scene. It fell off during the crash," he said.

Police traced the truck to a Spino Court address.

Later, officers determined the truck was in a local driveway with front-end damage. Police seized the vehicle as evidence about 3:30 a.m. Monday.

The homeowner called police later that morning to report his truck was stolen, but police explained that it had been seized.

Ursetti is a friend of the homeowner's daughter, Montana said.

"He was there with the daughter. The daughter was a passenger in the (suspect) vehicle," Montana said.

Police later released the truck to the owner.

Earlier this month, Ursetti was convicted of driving while intoxicated following a crash on Arcade Road, where he formally resided.

The crash occurred Jan. 16, and his conviction was on Jan. 23. Ursetti was sentenced to three days in jail, fined $750 plus $75 in court courts and given a six-month license suspension. However, he would receive credit for the jail time and $250 of the fine if he completed of an alternative incarceration program.

Ursetti also was told he could be forced to serve up to 87 additional days in jail if he violated the terms of his two years' probation -- terms that included no convictions for two years.

Ursetti has been free on bond awaiting trial for a pair of criminal cases.

Ursetti was indicted on a felony charge of theft in September. The following month, while out on bond, he was arrested again, this time on a heroin charge after he and a 19-year-old woman were stopped during a prowler investigation on Gallup Avenue.

Ursetti and Keily M. Peterson, 19, who had been living with Ursetti on Arcade Road, each were indicted on one count each of possession of heroin. He is scheduled to stand trial Feb. 16 in Huron County Common Pleas Court.