so here's the situation:

my friends car got hit while parked on the street last week on new year's eve. he was at a friend's house having a party. i guess there was a lot of noise from the accident because his friend's neighbor ran out and saw the guy running away. he took down the dick's license plate number and also noticed it has a virginia plate. my friend came out shortly and sees his car all fawked up. its a nissan pathfinder and his lights are all cracked and dents everywhere. here's the funniest thing, that guy's bumper fell off in front of the pathfinder. he called the cops, got a police report but the cops didnt take the bumper as evidence. now here's my question, can he pursue this case and get some money cuz the damages are estimated to be at least 2000.