Case reminiscent of fatal hit-and-run from 2003
The developing situation has numerous parallels to a fatal hit-and-run crash from 2003, in which the suspect is still at large and believed to be living in Mexico.
Juan B. Arenas, now 30, struck 12-year-old Benjamin J. Salm, of 1829 Elm Ave., as he and another boy crossed South Business Drive near Union Avenue about 5 p.m. Jan. 6. The boy died of his injuries the following day.
Three friends and family members posted a $20,000 cash bond for Arenas on Jan. 28 — the day after Judge Timothy Van Akkeren lowered it from $50,000 — and he did not show up for his next court appearance a month later.
They do seem to have trouble holding their firewater, don’t they!/s