Crime
Arrest made in Thursday Seekonk fatal hit and run, victim’s name released
A 37-year-old Seekonk woman who was struck by a vehicle last night while she walked along Newman Avenue in Seekonk with her 11-year-old son has died as a result of her injuries and the alleged driver in the hit-and-run incident has been taken into custody this morning in Providence, RI.
According to the Bristol County District Attorney’s Office, the suspect, Jeremy Schmidt, 27, of East Providence, RI, was arrested by Rhode Island State Police around 4:30 a.m. today. He will be arraigned in Rhode Island this morning as a Fugitive From Justice.
The suspect did not stop his vehicle, a Jeep Cherokee, after the crash and fled across the state line after striking the victim.
Seekonk Police responded to the area of 893 Newman Avenue last night around 6:46 pm for a reported hit and run incident involving a pedestrian. When first responders arrived, they found the a male passerby rendering aid to the victim, who was later identified as Antonieta Vargas. The victim was rushed to Rhode Island Hospital, where she was later pronounced deceased.
Schmidt has waived rendition this morning in Providence, RI and will be transported back to Massachusetts this afternoon for arraignment in Taunton District Court on charges of Leaving the Scene-Death Resulting, Negligent Operation of a Motor Vehicle and Marked Lanes Violation according to Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III.
The case is being investigated by Massachusetts State Police detectives assigned to this office, prosecutor, Seekonk Police and Rhode Island State Police.
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Ron Valiquette
September 14, 2019 at 8:30 am
This guy was on a 15 year suspended sentence, Violated it TWICE , the funny part is , he violated it by a hit and run, still has a license , still got off scott free, it’s the judicial systems fault and the state of RI more than anything, now an 11 year old boy lost his mother because of it. The family needs to sue RI. It’s the communist democrat liberal way to let people like this roam the streets.