WILKES-BARRE â A New York man who fled to North Carolina after causing a hit-and-run crash that cost a local woman her leg has been extradited to Pennsylvania, according to authorities.
Unique Levon Jones, 29, was arraigned Tuesday night before Magisterial District Judge Thomas F. Malloy Sr., who denied bail after deeming him a flight risk and a danger to the community.
Jones is facing aggravated assault and reckless endangerment charges in the Feb. 10 crash that severely injured Angela Velazquez, 38, resulting in her right leg being amputated below the knee.
According to her family, Velazquez, of Kingston, was on her way to get a money order to pay her rent when she was hit.
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