CANTON, Ohio — Less than two months after a car crashed into Taggarts Ice Cream in Canton, the iconic shop has announced that it will be reopening this Friday.
Taggarts delivered the below big news in a post on Facebook:
We are back friends! This Friday, November 1st! The dining room will re-open. Hours from 11am - 10pm.
Our long booth will be out soon and we do not have high chairs just yet!
Come out and show your support!
Thank you all for being so patient during this time!
According to the Ohio State Highway Patrol, on Sept. 16, a 23-year-old man was taken into custody after allegedly crashing a stolen car into Taggarts at approximately 2:12 a.m.
Troopers say that prior to the crash, an attempt was made to do a traffic stop on the car which was driven by Preston Cingle, whose listed address is "homeless."
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"Mr. Cingle attempted a high speed backing maneuver from 14th St., across Fulton Rd., and into the building of Taggarts ice cream shop. Mr. Cingle then fled the scene on foot after the crash. He was apprehended a short time later by Canton police units," the OSHP noted in its release.
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3News' Danielle Wiggins visited Taggarts hours after the crash and spoke with owner Mindy Mullaly about the damage done to the store.
"He (Cingle) destroyed history. He (composes herself to keep herself from crying) He, I'm sorry. He destroyed history. I mean these booths have been here since 1926. It's a lot and I mean we'll restore it. No one's going to walk in here and it's not going to be like a modernized Taggarts. It's going to back to as much as the original as it could look like."
Cingle was indicted by a Stark County grand jury on Oct. 23 on charges of grand theft of a motor vehicle, failure to comply with the order or signal of a police officer, and vandalism. A pretrial hearing has been set for Nov. 5.
