Authorities have taken a woman into custody who they said was the registered driver of a car involved in a deadly hit-and-run in Miramar in last month.
Janae Lewis, 28, is charged with leaving the scene of a crash that resulted in the death of Silvio Martinez on November 27, Miramar Police officials said Tuesday.
Lewis, a native of North Augusta, South Carolina, was booked into Broward's main jail Monday, records showed. Attorney information wasn't available.
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The crash happened at around 2:15 a.m. on Pembroke Road near 65th Avenue.
Surveillance footage showed a white sedan slamming into Martinez before fleeing the scene. Bystanders rushed to help the victim, who was pronounced dead at the scene.
Family members made a plea last week to ask for the public's help in finding the driver.
His brother-in-law, Kevin Ravaez, said Martinez made plans to see him that night but "he never came home."
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"So he kept calling him and texted him and he never responded, so finally it was the next morning when he got the bad news," a translator said on his behalf.
