The family of a man killed in a hit-and-run crash in Little Havana says justice has finally been served — though not in the way they originally expected.
Two years ago, surveillance video captured the moment Tomas Brito, the brother of American Senior High School principal Humberto Brito, was struck and killed while crossing a street in Little Havana. Police accused Victor Rubio of being the driver responsible for the crash.
However, the criminal case against Rubio collapsed after the only witness who could identify him as the driver disappeared. Without that testimony, prosecutors determined it would be too risky to take the case to trial.
Despite that setback, state attorneys pursued another legal avenue to try to obtain a prison sentence…