San Jose man arrested in connection with fatal hit-and-run

SAN JOSE A -year-old San Jose man was arrested Wednesday in connection with a fatal hit-and-run collision two days earlier near the SAP Center according to leadership Related Articles San Jose Five East Bay juveniles including -year-old arrested for alleged robbery Man arrested for allegedly starting multiple vegetation fires in Gilroy New perjury charges for Bay Area man facing million civil judgment in wife s death in Taiwan Milpitas jewelry store owner fires gun during attempted robbery Police arrest San Jose man on suspicion of possessing child sexual abuse material The collision happened around a m Monday at the intersection of Santa Clara and Cahill streets San Jose police Officer Tanya Hernandez disclosed in a news release The suspect was driving a black Ram pickup truck eastbound on Santa Clara Street when he hit a woman riding an electric scooter northbound in the east crosswalk Hernandez disclosed The woman was taken to an area hospital where she died of her injuries The Santa Clara County Biological Examiner-Coroner s Office identified her as Monica Violete Ibarra of San Francisco The death was the th traffic fatality of the year on city streets The driver did not stop at the scene Hernandez commented adding that officers later discovered the truck unoccupied The truck was determined to be an unreported stolen car Detectives with the assistance of patrol officers identified the suspect as Justin Perez and obtained warrants for his arrest and to search his residence Hernandez reported On Wednesday he was taken into custody in San Jose and booked into the Santa Clara County Main Jail on charges related to hit-and-run and vehicular manslaughter Perez is being held on bail according to jail records Anyone with information related to the situation can contact Detective Ryan Leslie of the SJPD Traffic Investigations Unit at sanjoseca gov or - - Tips can also be left with Silicon Valley Crime Stoppers at - - or at siliconvalleycrimestoppers org