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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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