Four Arrests Span Hit-and-Run, Pursuits, Drug Cases

Authorities in several states reported arrests tied to traffic incidents. In El Paso, Ruben Adrian Martinez was arrested more than six weeks after allegedly hitting two pedestrians near UTEP and leaving the crash scene; both pedestrians suffered lacerations. In Tennessee, passenger Jamaal Parker was arrested after a vehicle pursuit ended in a crash, with deputies reporting they found packaged concentrated marijuana and two loaded handguns in his backpack; the driver and other passengers remain under investigation. A Utah suspect was apprehended after driving the wrong way on Mountain View Corridor, prompting some nearby schools to go into lockdown. In Florida, David Gonzalez Jr. was arrested during a traffic stop on an outstanding felony warrant, and deputies said a vehicle search also uncovered methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia.