JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A Jacksonville man has been arrested in connection with a 2024 hit-and-run crash that killed a local beauty supply store owner after a shoplifting incident at her business.
Darrell Beauford, 47, was arrested Wednesday and charged with leaving the scene of a crash involving death, a first-degree felony, and driving while his license was suspended — a third or subsequent violation, a third-degree felony.
The incident began Dec. 6, 2024, at a Beauty Max on Atlantic Blvd. in the Kernan Village shopping plaza, when officers responded to a report of a pedestrian struck by a vehicle…