FORT PIERCE -- On Oct. 1, Fort Pierce Police Department announced the arrest of 22-year-old Arianna Aleja Colon of Okeechobee.
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FORT PIERCE -- On Oct. 1, Fort Pierce Police Department Major Carlos Rodriguez, Public Affairs Manager Curtis Jennings, and Traffic Homicide Investigator Shayne Stokes announced the arrest of 22-year-old Arianna Aleja Colon of Okeechobee.
Colon turned herself into the St. Lucie County Jail Friday at 3 p.m. on an arrest warrant for the Sept, 23, fatal hit-and-run of 10-year-old Yaceny Rodriguez-Gonzalez.
Colon is charged with Vehicular Homicide and Leaving the Scene of a Crash Involving the Death of a Human.
She is being held at the St. Lucie County Jail with a bond set at $ 210,000.
Fort Pierce Police want to thank the St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office, St. Lucie County Fire District, St. Lucie Public Schools, Lawnwood Regional Medical Center, District 19 Office of the Medical Examiner, and the 19th Judicial Circuit State Attorney’s Office as well as all the businesses and media outlets for their numerous contributions and tips that assisted the investigation.
On Sept, 23, 2021, at 6:35 a.m., Fort Pierce Police Officers responded to Oleander Avenue and Skylark Drive in reference to a hit-and-run traffic crash. Upon arrival, officers found a 10-year-old female lying in a grassy area, unconscious. Officers learned that the juvenile was walking across the intersection to get on her school bus, which had its stop stick and flashing lights on. The driver was traveling northbound, struck the child, and fled the scene. The juvenile was transported to Lawnwood Regional Medical Center, where she later succumbed to her injuries. Officials began a search for a white 4-door sedan with right front-end damage. At approximately 4 p.m. that day, the Fort Pierce Police Department located the vehicle involved in the fatal hit-and-run. The car was towed and secured for further investigation.
As a result of that investigation, the Fort Pierce Police Department obtained an arrest warrant for 22-year-old Arianna Aleja Colon.
