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DRIVER ARRESTED AFTER LEAVING SCENE OF DEADLY CRASH
- PIO Number:
- 24-2-8
- BSO Case Number:
- 10-2402-000498
- Date:
- Feb. 4, 2024
- Time:
- 12:14 a.m.
- Jurisdiction:
- Deerfield Beach
- Place of Occurrence:
- 1400 South Federal Highway, Deerfield Beach
- Driver:
- Chase Kellerman, 35, 10/28/1988, male, 2589 N.E. 15th Terrace, Pompano
- Pedestrian:
- Jermaine Arguinzoni, 51,2/4/1973, at-Large (DECEASED)
- Description of Incident:
A day after a deadly hit-and-run in Deerfield Beach killed a pedestrian, the driver turned himself into the Broward Sheriff’s Office.
According to detectives with BSO’s Traffic Homicide Unit, just after midnight on Sunday, Feb. 4, a 2012 Chevrolet Silverado was traveling southbound on South Federal Highway in the left thru lane and struck a male pedestrian crossing the roadway in an undesignated crosswalk area. Following the impact, the vehicle left the scene of the crash.
BSO deputies and Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue responded, and the pedestrian, identified as Jermaine Arguinzoni, was pronounced deceased on scene.
On Monday, Feb. 5, Chase Kellerman went to the BSO District Office in Deerfield Beach to report a crash. It was determined that Kellerman was the driver of the Chevrolet Silverado that struck Arguinzoni.
Kellerman was taken to the BSO Main Jail and faces the charge of leaving the scene of an accident involving death.
INVESTIGATORS:
Dets. C. Greetham, S. Williams, THI
Sgt. R. Hager, THI
THIS REPORT BY:
Miranda Grossman/PIO
02/09/24 1200
Deerfield Beach, BSFR
