Joshua Alexander Figueroa, 31, was charged with failing to stop for a crash involving a death, according to the Gainesville Police Department.
“We have long felt that he should be arrested and appreciate the fine work of the Gainesville Police Department,” said Stuart Gross, attorney representing Paxton’s family in a civil suit. “It’s a great day for the family.”
Paxton, called Maggie by friends, was killed in a hit-and-run crash Dec. 9 at West University Avenue and Lemerand Drive.
The civil suit alleges Figueroa hit Paxton in the crosswalk when he was driving a BMW at high speed.
Figueroa was charged by GPD based on witness interviews, a search of license-plate reader databases and a search of Figueroa’s cellphone, the release states.
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UF student injured in deadly University Avenue crash files lawsuit against Uber and drivers
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A lawyer who filed suit on behalf of Maggie Paxton, the University of Florida student killed in a December 2020 hit-and-run, said Wednesday he will try to do what police have not yet done pin the crime on the owner of the car that hit her, who he believes was the driver.
Attorney Stuart Grossman said the lawsuit will enable him to subpoena Miguel Figueroa, whose car is in a repair lot and who has not been charged by the Gainesville Police Department.
“It gives us an opportunity to bring our horsepower up, and we are not amateurs,” Grossman said. “We are going to do some things for and besides the police. I want to know why that car is parked in that lot and no one has been arrested.”
Suits filed against drivers, Uber in fatal University Avenue crashes
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