DEL.ICIO.USUpdated: 5:54 p.m. June 08, 2009
MARIETTA
Mom allegedly tried to cover up fatal hit-run
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Sunday, June 07, 2009
Cobb County police say Maria Isabel Pacheco Agullon tried to report her son’s vehicle stolen when she learned he was allegedly involved in a fatal hit-and-run in Marietta.
Agullon, 46, was arrested after trying to hide her son’s involvement and misleading investigators, police said. She was charged with false report of a crime and obstruction of law enforcement.
Cobb County Sheriff's Office
Jonathan Pacheco Corona of Marietta was reportedly the driver of a hit-and-run in Marietta that killed a male pedestrian.
Cobb County Sheriff's Office
Maria Isabel Pacheco Agullon was arrested after trying to hide her son’s involvement and misleading investigators.
Jonathan Pacheco Corona, 24, of Marietta was the driver of the 1999 Oldsmobile Silhouette in the incident, which occurred about 2:30 a.m. Sunday on Sandtown Road north of Osborne Road, police said. He was charged with first-degree vehicular homicide, felony hit and run and driving without a license.
Police on Monday identified the victim as J. Dolores Zuniga, 49, of Marietta.
Zuniga was walking in or near a southbound lane when struck by Corona’s vehicle, police said. “The driver of the Oldsmobile failed to stop, render aid or provide information and continued southbound on Sandtown Road.”
Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call investigators at 770-499-3987.
— Staff writer Katie Leslie contributed to this report.
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