Callous hit-and-run U-Haul driver arrested months after killing pedestrian left a trove of stolen credit cards behind: prosecutors
The heartless hit-and-run U-Haul driver, accused of fatally plowing a pedestrian near Queen's College this week, was arrested this week. Jamie Ferreira, 37, was arrested Tuesday and charged with manslaughter, assault, robbery and other crimes due to the crash on August 20th, when 56-year-old pedestrian David Opiera died. Ta. According to Queens District Attorney Melinda […]
US Marshals arrest illegal immigrant suspect in fatal Illinois hit-and-run
U.S. Marshals have located and taken into custody the suspect in an Illinois hit-and-run fatality in a Texas town south of Dallas. Juan Jajajel Sáenz Suarez, a 27-year-old Mexican national living in Urbana, Illinois, was involved in a crash in Urbana just before 2 a.m. on January 19th that killed Chloe Polzin, 21, and Katherine […]
Georgian man allegedly stabbed off-duty Atlanta police officer after hit-and-run
Authorities are searching for a man accused of stabbing an off-duty Atlanta police officer during a confrontation following a weekend hit-and-run. The incident occurred Saturday around 6 p.m. in DeKalb County, Georgia, as a hit-and-run on Interstate 20 eastbound near Panola Road. The driver of the Dodge Charger collided with a Chevrolet Silverado before leaving […]
Ex-NFL player Robert Quinn arrested after attempted hit-and-run in South Carolina
former NFL players Robert Quinn was arrested early Friday morning in South Carolina on suspicion of being involved in a hit-and-run involving multiple vehicles, according to reports. The former Rams defensive end was taken into custody by North Charleston police around 2 a.m. after police say he tried to leave the scene of a crash […]
Virginia man hides in storm drain after fleeing hit-and-run on state highway
Virginia State Police are searching for a man who hid in a storm drain after fleeing a car crash on a state highway Monday afternoon. State troopers initially responded to two crashes on Interstate 495 eastbound in Fairfax around 2:35 p.m. Monday. A third crash occurred right behind the officers who were investigating the first […]
Detroit police officer killed in hit-and-run crash
A Detroit police officer who was on his way home from work was killed Sunday in a hit-and-run crash on the city's east side, authorities said. FOX 2 in Detroit Officer Cameron Richardson had been with the department for just over a year, police reported, and described him as a family man with two daughters […]
NYC mom fatally struck twice in tragic Christmas hit-and-run as distraught son rushes to her side: ‘Breathe, mom!’
A Queens mother was fatally hit by two other cars in a tragic hit-and-run just a stone's throw from her home on Christmas Day. Her distraught son ran to her and urged her to keep breathing. Authorities said Antonina Freycinet, a 45-year-old mother of three, was crossing 111th Street near 158th Street in Jamaica on […]
Tenn. Rep. Ken Yager fails field sobriety test after alleged hit-and-run crash: video
A Tennessee state senator has been arrested on DUI charges after he was photographed allegedly failing a breathalyzer test following a drunken hit-and-run crash in Georgia. Around 5pm on Tuesday, Congressman Ken Yeager, 77, was caught on camera staggering as officers tried to get him to walk straight on Jekyll Island. Footage obtained by WTVF […]
Cops ID suspected burglar wanted in NYC hit-and-run death of cyclist
Police have identified a robbery suspect wanted for mowing down a female bicyclist with a truck while fleeing police in Queens last month. New York City police said Wednesday that Bekim Fisek, 53, is wanted on suspicion of murder in the fatal crash of Amanda Cervedio, 36, of Astoria, just two blocks from her home […]
Family grieves Mexican immigrant killed in Brooklyn hit-and-run
Last week, a hard-working Mexican immigrant was struck and killed by a heartless hit-and-run driver near a Brooklyn intersection, just as his father did 40 years ago. Felix Mendez, 49, of Lafayette Street, was walking at the intersection of Lafayette Street and Bedford Street around 3 a.m. Thursday when he was struck by a car, […]