Crime & Safety
Man Sentenced to Prison for Fatal Hit-and-Run in Encinitas
Joseph Ricardo Fernandez, 46, was sentenced to three years in state prison Monday after being convicted of a July of hit-and-run causing death to a bicyclist near Leucadia State Beach.
A motorist who struck a bicyclist near Leucadia State Beach in Encinitas, then left the scene, was sentenced Monday to three years in state prison.
Joseph Ricardo Fernandez, 46, of Carlsbad of hit-and-run causing death.
James Swarzman when he was struck from behind about 1 a.m. on April 10 in the 1200 block of North Coast Highway 101, said sheriff's Sgt. Mark O'Connor.
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The driver of the Dodge Ram 1500 did not stop, and the 47-year-old Encino resident died several hours later at Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla.
, came forward the next day to say he believed he might have been involved in the crash, O'Connor said.
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