FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 19, 2001
CONTACT: SID GAULDEN, 803-896-8755

MEDIA ADVISORY

COLUMBIA – The South Carolina Highway Patrol is asking for the public’s assistance in locating a suspect in a fatal hit-and-run collision that occurred Friday, April 13, 2001, at about 12:25 a.m. at 625 South Beltline Boulevard near Mikell Street in Richland County. Sabrina Addison, 23, of Columbia, was killed and Eric Rivas, 21, of Hopkins remains hospitalized in serious condition.

Investigators are looking for Jerome Wallace, 20. His last known address was 4427 Blossom Street Apt. # B-5, Columbia. The Highway Patrol has outstanding warrants against Wallace for leaving the scene of an accident involving death and leaving the scene of an accident involving great bodily injury. If you have any information on the whereabouts of Mr. Wallace, please contact Sgt. Tom Collins of the South Carolina Highway Patrol at (803) 896-9621 or 1-800-768-1501 or *HP on your cellular phone.

For more information and a photo, please log on to the DPS web site at www.scdps.org.

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SOUTH CAROLINA HIGHWAY PATROL

1628 SHOP ROAD

COLUMBIA, SC 29201

 

WANTED


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Jerome (NMN) Wallace

DOB 05-13-1980

Last known address:

4427 Blossom Street Apt. # B-5

Columbia, SC 29205

 

Black Male, 5’-9" tall, 153 pounds, scar on nose

Subject known to work as a carpenter and carpet installer

Subject is wanted for a fatal hit and run traffic collision that

occurred on South Beltline Boulevard, near Mickell Drive in Richland County, South Carolina, on April 13, 2001, around 12:25 a.m.

If you have any information on the whereabouts of Mr. Wallace, please contact Sgt. Tom Collins of the South Carolina Highway Patrol

at (803) 896-9621 or 1-800-768-1501 or *HP on cellular phone

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