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Man Arrested In Fredericksburg Hit-And-Run Killing As Family Grieves

Authorities say they found the driver responsible for killing a Burke man earlier this week in a fatal hit-and-run crash in Fredericksburg. 

Stephanas Rennick

Stephanas Rennick

Photo Credit: Spotsylvania County Sheriff's Office
Keith Lawrence Ballard

Keith Lawrence Ballard

Photo Credit: Keith Ballard Facebook
The Spotsylvania County Sheriff's Office released this photo of a 2012-2013 Hyundai Azera, the same make and model car that ran over a man and killed him in Fredericksburg on Tuesday night, May 31.

The Spotsylvania County Sheriff's Office released this photo of a 2012-2013 Hyundai Azera, the same make and model car that ran over a man and killed him in Fredericksburg on Tuesday night, May 31.

Photo Credit: Spotsylvania County Sheriff's Office

Deputies arrested Stephanas Rennick, 31, of Spotsylvania on Friday, June 3, and charged him with the death of Keith Ballard, the Spotsylvania Sheriff's Office said. 

Ballard died late Tuesday night, May 31, while walking near the intersection of Harrison Road and Meadow Park Drive in Fredericksburg when a car slammed into him and drove away. A man found Ballard's body on the side of the road just after 11 p.m. 

Deputies said Rennick's car had considerable damage to the front passenger side. That's consistent with the evidence investigators found at the scene. Detectives found broken pieces of a silver 2012-2013 Hyundai Azera scattered around the crash site. 

Officials charged Rennick with felony hit and run causing death or injury. He posted bonded early Friday morning, the Rappahannock Regional Jail website said.  

Ballard, the youngest of five brothers and sisters, came from a close-knit family. They said he was a compassionate man who cared deeply for his nieces and nephews and loved dogs. 

His sister Mercedes Ballard spoke with NBC4 on Thursday, June 2, that his family has struggled to cope with their loss. 

“I was so devastated and so disgusted," she told the news station," and I’m so hurt that someone can take a life … but leave him there on the side of the road."

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