The Brief
- The man charged in connection with a fatal hit-and-run crash that happened on the city’s south side in August 2024, made his initial appearance in court on Monday.
- Xavier Perez is charged with the following criminal counts: second-degree reckless homicide and hit-and-run resulting in death.
- He is due back in court on July 28 for his preliminary hearing.
MILWAUKEE – Xavier Perez, the 20-year-old Milwaukee man charged in connection with a fatal hit-and-run crash that happened on the city’s south side in August 2024, made his initial appearance in court on Monday, July 21. Cash bond was set at $100,000.
Perez is charged with the following criminal counts: second-degree reckless homicide and hit-and-run resulting in death. He is due back in court on July 28 for his preliminary hearing.
Fatal hit-and-run crash
What we know:
According to the criminal complaint, Milwaukee police were dispatched on the morning of Aug. 26, 2024, to Muskego and Rogers on the city’s south side for a crash. When officers arrived on the scene, they found a gray Toyota SUV with substantial front-end damage up on the sidewalk. The Toyota had made contact with a building. The driver of the SUV was unresponsive. Paramedics took the woman to Froetdert Hospital for treatment of her injuries, but she was pronounced deceased a few hours later.…