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Brownfield man indicted on charge of failure to stop and render aid after fatal hit-and-run 34-year-old Joseph Cruz (Source: Lubbock Police) By KCBD Staff | December 30, 2020 at 9:49 AM CST - Updated December 30 at 9:49 AM
LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - Joseph Cruz, 34, of Brownfield has been arrested on a charge of failure to stop and render aid resulting in death.
Lubbock police say the crash happened at the intersection of Idalou Road and East 4th Street on November 16, 2020.
The passenger car turned onto Idalou Road and hit the motorcycle, according to LPD. The driver of the car then U-turned and fled.
The motorcyclist, 70-year-old Benigno Salas, was taken by EMS to University Medical Center with serious injuries. Salas was later pronounced deceased.
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A Methuen man and a Lawrence man both 24-years-old were arrested Monday and charged in federal court in Boston with using stolen identities to fraudulently obtain near a half million in disaster loans from the Small Business Administration.
Ramon Joseph Cruz, of Methuen, and Darwyn Joseph, of Lawrence, were each charged with one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft. Following initial appearances in U.S. District Court, they were ordered held pending hearings Wednesday.
According to U.S. Attorney Andrew E. Lelling’s office, the men were involved in a conspiracy to use stolen identity information of United States citizens to apply for the Small Business Administration’s Economic Injury Disaster Loans. They were said to have used stolen identity information to open fraudulent bank accounts, which were then linked to other fraudulent bank accounts set up to receive the loans. They also allegedly received through the