Witness helps deputies quickly nab suspect in deadly State Road 7 hit-and-run: BSO

NORTH LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A witness’s photo of a black Infiniti helped Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies nab a suspect in a deadly Sunday morning hit-and-run within a few hours, according to an arrest report.

Authorities said the wreck happened at around 2 a.m. in the 5500 block of North State Road 7 in North Lauderdale. The 36-year-old suspect, Maurice Anthony Scott, would be in handcuffs just three hours later.

According to a BSO report, the eyewitness told investigators that the other driver, later identified as Scott, went around him at a traffic light and hit the pedestrian at the intersection…

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