Pocono Mountain Regional Police have charged a 52-year-old man from Tobyhanna in connection with a fatal hit-and-run crash on Aug. 16.

Steven B. Rannie, 53, was arraigned on Tuesday before Magisterial District Judge Phillip R. Reilly and committed to the Monroe County Correctional Facility, Snydersville, in lieu of $500,000 bail.

He is charged with numerous offenses relating to the death of motorcycle driver Anthony Rodriguez, 26, of Mount Pocono. The charges include accidents involving death or personal injury, homicide by motor vehicle, manufacture, delivery or possession of a controlled substance with intent to manufacture or deliver, conspiracy to manufacture, deliver or possess a controlled substance with intent to manufacture or deliver, tampering with or fabricating physical evidence, intentionally possession of a controlled substance by a person nor registered to do so, use or possession of drug paraphernalia and a summary offense of vehicle turning left. The arresting officer was Zachary Scheetz.

Police said Rodriguez was driving a motorcycle northbound when he was hit by a Toyota Camry traveling south that crossed the road at 10:56 p.m. at the intersection of Route 611 and Caygua Drive in Tobyhanna. He died at the scene.

The Camry, police said, left the scene by traveling through the Pocono Farms development and was last seen on Route 196 northbound.

In a statement, the county district attorney’s office said, “The investigation got off to a good start when a conscientious citizen alerted to the sound of a loud crash nearby was able to briefly film the suspect vehicle as it fled the scene. Debris was collected on scene by investigators and through part numbers traced them to a Toyota Camry manufactured between 2015-2017.”

Officials said investigators were also able to follow a trail of fluid leaking from the Camry, tracing the route of its flight from the scene. Its direction of travel was also corroborated by various surveillance footage collected along the route.

The DA also said concerned citizens were able to make out a couple numbers off the license plate of the suspect vehicle, after which time records from PennDOT were searched for all Toyota Camrys registered within Tobyhanna. One was found which also contained those same several numbers from the plate of the suspect vehicle.

When police tracked down Rannie at his Pocono Farms residence, he told them he had hit a deer with the Camry, the DA said. However, police were able to match the vehicle’s damage with pieces collected at the accident scene and paint sample that matched the motorcycle’s.

A search inside the residence discovered a large amount of suspected marijuana, police said.

Rannie is scheduled for a preliminary hearing at 10 a.m. Sept. 3 before Magisterial District Judge Danielle Travagline, Coolbaugh Township.