Overview
- Brando Diaz-Sanchez, 23, also known as Deyvis Diaz-Sanchez, was taken into ICE custody in Burlington on Dec. 9 after being held at the Middlesex County House of Corrections.
- Police say surveillance video shows the Acura traveling at high speed, striking pedestrian Fatna Sefnaj, 63, in an activated crosswalk and throwing her about 78 feet before the car fled.
- Sefnaj was hospitalized with a brain bleed and other serious injuries and was listed in serious condition, according to the police report.
- Diaz-Sanchez admitted to hitting the woman and leaving the scene, pleaded not guilty the next day to state charges, and had bail set at $2,500 in Malden District Court.
- ICE says he previously faced September motor-vehicle charges under an alternate name and is expected to face additional counts, including manslaughter, while federal removal proceedings advance.