FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – A Broward County judge has set a man's bond at $1 million after he was arrested in a fatal hit-and-run crash from May.
Scott Roman, 47, of Fort Lauderdale, was arrested Monday on a charge of leaving a scene involving a death and tampering with evidence.
Joseph Deverson, 22, was taken to Broward Health Medical Center in the late evening of May 11 after he was struck by a car while riding his Go-Ped.
He was pronounced dead later that week.
According to detectives, Deverson was riding his Go-Ped on Powerline Road, just north of Oakland Park Boulevard, when he was hit. The driver, believed to be Roman, never stopped.
Deputies said it's possible that Roman didn't see Deverson, and if he had stayed at the scene, there's a chance that he wouldn't have been charged.
Detectives believe Roman had left Georgie's Alibi, a bar in Wilton Manors, shortly before the crash occurred.
Roman's white BMW was found days after the crash at The Palms condominiums in Fort Lauderdale.
Deputies said Roman told an employee at the building to make arrangements to have his vehicle repaired. They said the employee had seen news reports about the crash and noticed that Roman's BMW had front-end damage and a missing passenger-side mirror.
Judge John Hurley ordered that Roman be placed under house arrest if he bonds out of jail. He must also surrender his passport, not travel to any port facility, operate a vehicle or drink alcohol.
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