Hit-and-run suspect arrested in Pacific Grove
PACIFIC GROVE, Calif. (KION-TV) -- A Marina man is arrested for a hit-and-run accident that injured a 14-year-old in Pacific Grove Saturday night.
At 9 p.m. on January 25, a teenage boy was hit by a driver in a blue Prius while he was running along Alder Street near Lighthouse Avenue. The boy was treated at the scene before being transported to the hospital by his parents.
The suspect's vehicle was seen driving through Pacific Grove the next day. A local wrote down the license plate number and sent it to the Pacific Grove Police Department.
After investigating the number via a FLOCK camera system, officers confirmed the car belonged to 36-year-old Icaro Fernandes. After finding Fernades, he was arrested on charges of felony hit-and-run and is in custody at the Monterey County Jail.