Arrest in Gibsonton hit-and-run
FOX 13’s Aaron Mesmer stories on an arrest being made within the hit-and-run case that killed 18-year-old Isaiah Raposa.
GIBSONTON, Fla. – Pasco County deputies arrested a person on Friday, Dec. 13, needed in reference to a lethal hit-and-run accident in Gibsonton earlier within the week.
Hillsborough County investigators mentioned Jonathan Saldana Rojas, 27, was driving a white sedan on Wednesday, Dec. eleventh, and turning left on Symmes Highway in Gibsonton when he crashed into a motorbike.
The motorcyclist, Isaiah Raposa, 18, died on the hospital.
Picture of Isaiah Raposa, the 18-year-old killed in Gibsonton hit-and-run.
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Detectives mentioned Rojas took off and was on the run till Dec. thirteenth, when Pasco deputies caught him.
Mugshot of Jonathan Saldana Rojas, the person arrested in connection for the Gibsonton hit-and-run.
“How heartless can any individual be that you just simply go away any individual’s youngster on the facet of the highway and like he was nothing?” mentioned Jessica Washington, Isaiah’s mom. “I simply did not sleep for 2 nights, simply desirous about the truth that he was on the market simply not caring.”
Washington mentioned her son graduated from highschool final yr and labored arduous to earn a certificates in welding.
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Washington mentioned Isaiah’s smile and snigger would mild up a room.
The cross-section the place the hit-and-run occurred.
“You by no means noticed him with out a smile on his face. You by no means noticed him mad. He simply beloved life,” Washington informed FOX 13 Information, including she will’t consider she’ll by no means hear his voice once more.
“He was my first son. Like, he was my coronary heart. He referred to as every single day. There was not a day that glided by that he did not name me,” Washington completed.
Rojas is anticipated to be charged with leaving the scene of a lethal crash and driving with out a license.
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