{"id":40469,"date":"2025-11-10T03:50:15","date_gmt":"2025-11-10T03:50:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/40469\/"},"modified":"2025-11-10T03:50:15","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T03:50:15","slug":"st-pete-man-accused-of-fatal-hit-and-run-knew-he-ran-something-over-before-driving-home-affidavit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/40469\/","title":{"rendered":"St. Pete man accused of fatal hit-and-run knew he ran \u2018something\u2019 over before driving home: affidavit"},"content":{"rendered":"

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (WFLA) \u2014 An 85-year-old St. Pete man who is accused of running over a pedestrian in a Publix parking lot last Friday admitted to police that he knew he ran \u201csomething\u201d over, but still didn\u2019t stop and drove home instead.<\/p>\n

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Just before 5 p.m. on Nov. 7 at the Publix on 37th Avenue North, Darrell Briggs struck and ran over an elderly woman in the parking lot before fleeing the scene, the St. Petersburg Police Department said.<\/p>\n

The woman, 91-year-old Mary Broughton, was taken to the hospital, where she died of her injuries.<\/p>\n

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Briggs was located and arrested at his apartment complex a few hours later, police said. He was booked into the Pinellas County Jail and charged with leaving the scene of a crash involving death, a felony.<\/p>\n

An affidavit from the Pinellas County Sheriff\u2019s Office said in an interview with police, Briggs admitted to knowing he ran over \u201csomething\u201d in the parking lot and not stopping.<\/p>\n

He was released from jail Saturday evening on a $50,000 bond.<\/p>\n

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