Jack Sabato, the 32-year-old son of Antonio Sabato Jr. and Virginia Madsen, was arrested in Anchorage, Alaska, in connection with a fatal hit-and-run, police said.
He was arrested Nov. 9 and faces charges of leaving an accident without helping an injured person and leaving the scene of a crash that caused injury or death.
Police identified the victim as 42-year-old Carl Simmonds. He was pronounced dead after officers and medics responded at about 5:48 a.m. to a report of an unresponsive man near Airport Heights Drive and Debarr Road. Investigators believe a vehicle struck Simmonds and drove away.
Court documents say officers found Simmonds on a sidewalk, with car parts scattered nearby. Security footage from a bank reportedly showed a white Chevrolet Tahoe hit him without braking before or after the collision.
Investigators used the vehicle description to locate a matching Tahoe, registered to Sabato, at an Amazon warehouse in Anchorage. Police seized the SUV.
According to the charging documents, Sabato told officers he had hit “something” while driving home after a DoorDash delivery, damaging the headlights. He said he thought he had struck an animal and kept driving because he did not have insurance. He also said he ran a red light because he felt unsafe driving without headlights.
Sabato reportedly told police he intended to report the crash after work. He contacted them after his girlfriend told him the SUV had been seized, saying he “knew the worst,” the documents state.
Representatives for Madsen and Sabato Jr. did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
