New Haven Woman Charged in Wallingford Hit-and-Run

Gail Berlepsch, 78, of New Haven, was arrested in connection with an Oct. 12 hit-and-run in Wallingford that seriously injured an 11-year-old girl riding her bicycle. Police said the driver fled, and investigators used surveillance footage from local businesses to identify and locate the vehicle two days later; it was seized as evidence. Berlepsch was charged with evading responsibility involving serious physical injury, released on a $15,000 bond, and scheduled to appear in court in Meriden on Dec. 1. The girl, who suffered a traumatic brain injury, has been released from the hospital and is recovering; a community fundraiser for her medical expenses had raised more than $37,000.