Authorities on Wednesday arrested a pair in reference to a hit-and-run crash that left a teenage lady lifeless final week in Pittsburg.
The arrests got here after Pittsburg police appealed on social media for ideas within the loss of life of 17-year-old Brooke Jeffrey, who was hit as she was strolling towards the Golden Gate College northbound on Stoneman Avenue at Briarcliff Drive about 7:15 p.m. on March 7.
Roberto Sainez, 34, and Vanessa Landeros, 30, each of Pittsburg, have been arrested within the 3000 block of Gladstone Drive in Pittsburg, the place investigators have been serving a search warrant, police mentioned.
Sainez was booked into Contra Costa County jail on a number of costs together with vehicular manslaughter, hit-and-run leading to a loss of life, destroying or concealing proof and driving with a license suspended for DUI. Landeros, his fiancée, was booked on costs of accent after the very fact and destroying or concealing proof.
A web based fundraiser for Jeffrey in search of $15,000 to assist her household pay her bills had raised about $13,800 by Wednesday afternoon.
Jeffrey was a dancer for 12 years at Melody’s Dance Studio in Pittsburg, which began the fundraiser. The studio mentioned the incident “has left us devastated and heartbroken.”
Officers arrived to search out Jeffrey down on the street and instantly supplied medical support, in line with a press release from the Pittsburg police. Police mentioned that as she crossed into the westbound lanes of visitors, a car hit her.
Jeffrey was in a marked crosswalk when the collision occurred, police mentioned.
The motive force saved going west on Stoneman Avenue and is needed for felony hit-and-run, police mentioned. Police are urging anybody with info to contact them at 925-252-4040.