GALLOWAY – The driver in a hit-and-run crash that claimed a pedestrian has been caught, police said.
Angeletta Sheppard, 33, from Barnegat, was killed just before 8 p.m. on September 12, police said. She was a pedestrian near Route 30 westbound near the intersection with Seventh Avenue.
The vehicle involved in the crash left before Galloway Police arrived, the Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office said.
On September 17, Darrell Dean, 61, of Atlantic City, was charged with second-degree Leaving the Scene of a Fatal Motor
Vehicle Accident. The Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office did not elaborate on how the driver was found and arrested.
They are still asking anyone with information about the crash to call them at 609-909-7800 or provide an anonymous tip at ACPO.org/tips
People can also call Crime Stoppers at 609-652-1234 or 1-800-658-8477 (TIPS) or visit the Crime Stoppers Website at crimestoppersatlantic.com.
A fundraiser was started to help Sheppard’s family pay for the funeral services after her sudden death.
“Things were never simple with Lea,” stated the fundraiser. “Those who had the pleasure of having her in their life know we need to send her off the same way she lived out her days, with love and light!”
Those who are interested in helping can do so by visiting gofund.me/215210cd
