Post by Scumhunter on Jun 29, 2019 1:40:52 GMT -5
(Above photo credit: Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office website)
Fugitive Profile as of June 29th, 2019: (Based on Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office website profile and Florida Department of Law Enforcement's wanted persons search)
Wanted As Of: 4/1/2019
Alias: SOTERO MORALES
DOB: 4/22/1982
Height: 5'5"
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Brown
Weight: 150 lbs
Last Known Address: 39TH STREET, WEST PALM BEACH, FL 33407
POB: GUATEMALA
Who to call if you've seen him: Reporting agency at (800) 458-8477
On Friday, October 28th, 2016, at about 8:30 p.m., a city police officer in Florida's West Palm Beach saw a car hit a pedestrian at 39th Street and Broadway Avenue. When the driver fled the scene, the officer followed and pulled the car over.
The driver, 34-year-old Sotero Morales-Perez, was arrested and charged with leaving the scene of a crash and driving without a license. Alcohol was suspected at the time of the crash.
The pedestrian, 56-year-old Anthony Gibson, was pronounced dead at the scene.
Although the circumstances are unclear I think I know why but I'll explain later), Morales-Perez would become a fugitive in this case.
Morales-Perez is listed on the website for the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office as one of their most wanted fugitives as of this posting date (6/29/2019) with charges now including DUI manslaughter (enhanced).
I am assuming Morales-Perez may have became a fugitive by skipping out on bond, although this is my unofficial speculation since as of the aforementioned posting date he still has a warrant in Florida's public access wanted persons search and that search only lists what he's wanted for as "bail-secured bond." They list his warrant as issue on September 11th, 2018 which is why I put that as the wanted year in the thread title.
www.palmbeachpost.com/news/crime--law/west-palm-police-man-struck-killed-car-late-friday/ABaWvRDrJTBxnCObnxksYO/
www.pbso.org/moralesperez-sotero/
pas.fdle.state.fl.us/pas/restricted/PAS/person/WantedPersons.jsf
Thoughts? Not that either scenario is better or worse than the other, but so many of these DUI fugitive cases involve multiple cars. Here we have a pedestrian that was simply either walking or crossing a street! Morales-Perez was born in Guatemala so I'm assuming he may have fled there, but wherever he is he's a danger on the road based on his alleged actions until the day he is caught.
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