Watertown Police Arrest 54-Year-Old in Fatal Hit-and-Run

Overview

• Officers were dispatched around 12:40 a.m. on Dec. 21 after reports that a pickup struck a pedestrian on East Main Street.
• A 35-year-old man was found near East Main and 2nd Street and was pronounced dead at the scene.
• The truck left before officers arrived, with the crash corridor traced from East Madison and 5th Street to 2nd Street.
• The registered owner was located at his residence and taken into custody after investigators identified the vehicle through automated data and surveillance video.
• He faces charges of homicide by intoxicated use of a vehicle and hit-and-run causing death, and police describe the case as active while thanking the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office and Watertown Fire Department.