APD officer arrested in hit-and-run case

POLICE OFFICER IS FINALLY ARRESTED --- MONTHS AFTER INVESTIGATORS NAMED HIM AS THE SUSPECT IN A...  More »

POLICE OFFICER IS FINALLY ARRESTED --- MONTHS AFTER INVESTIGATORS NAMED HIM AS THE SUSPECT IN A DEADLY HIT AND RUN OUTSIDE A BAR. COURT RECORDS SHOW A-P-D SERGEANT ANDREW GALLEGOS WAS ARRESTED ON DECEMBER ELEVENTH... FOR CAUSING AN ACCIDENT INVOLVING INJURY OR DEATH 'AND' TAMPERING WITH EVIDENCE. IN APRIL -- INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE GALLEGOS LEFT SIDEWINDERS -- AN EAST CENTRAL GAY BAR -- AND RAN OVER VERA HASKELL IN THE PARKING LOT -- KILLING HER -- BEFORE TAKING OFF. GALLEGOS -- A 19-YEAR-VETERAN OF THE POLICE FORCE -- IS DUE IN COURT FOR A PRELIMINARY HEARING AT THE END OF MARCH. HE WAS PUT ON PAID SUSPENSION EARLY LAST SUMMER.//  « Less