Brockton, MA deadly hit-and-run arrest – NBC Boston

A person has been arrested and charged in a hit-and-run crash that killed a pedestrian in Brockton, Massachusetts, final month, prosecutors stated Thursday.

Dominick Leite, 30, appeared in court docket Thursday to face prices of motorized vehicle murder by negligent operation and leaving the scene of private harm or demise within the killing of Holden Depina, the Plymouth County District Lawyer’s Workplace stated.

Depina, 41, was crossing Crescent Road in Brockton on the evening of Aug. 31 when he was hit by a automobile, and died within the hospital three days later, prosecutors stated.

A witness in one other car noticed a car go away the scene, and surveillance footage confirmed a blue Mazda head to what they discovered was Leite’s residence, in keeping with prosecutors. Investigators later discovered a automobile matching that description at an area auto physique store with harm that matched the crash, introduced in days after the crash.

Leite was arrested Wednesday and pleaded not responsible in court docket Thursday, and a decide ordered him held on $2,500 bail, in keeping with prosecutors. He is due again in court docket on Oct. 17.