Hit and Run Suspect Arrested After Hitting 4-year-old

On August 7,
2022, round 4:00 p.m., a silver 4 door passenger automobile struck a four-year-old
woman on the intersection of Predominant and Lesueur after which left the scene. Mesa
Police Officers relied on witnesses and video surveillance to establish the car
and driver. Witnesses advised officers that the car had black rims and was
pushed by a white feminine with lengthy hair. Video surveillance revealed that the
car displayed a black sticker slightly below the motive force aspect taillight and a
purple and white object within the again seat.  

The
four-year-old woman was transported to a neighborhood hospital and is at the moment being
handled for a mind bleed, damaged ribs, a punctured lung, facial lacerations, and
facial fractures. She is predicted to outlive.

Twenty- 4
hours later, on August 8, 2022, officers situated a silver 2014 Hyundai that
matched the outline of the suspect car. The car was situated at an
condo complicated at 33 S. Ashland Mesa, AZ. The car was parked in a
designated parking spot, which led officers to the corresponding condo, the place
officers spoke to 48-year-old Veronica Laprada. Laprada was recognized because the
registered proprietor of the Hyundai and the motive force of the car on the time of
collision.

Laprada was
booked into jail for the next prices and held on a $50,000 bond:

ARS 28-661A2;
Failing to Stay on Scene of a Critical Bodily Damage Collision, a category 3
felony.