HAHNVILLE – A Lockport couple was arrested Saturday after they confessed to hitting a Paradis man while driving on U.S. Highway 90 in Des Allemands early Friday morning, according to a release from Louisiana State Police.
Jennifer Theriot, 28, and William Theriot, 30, both of 132 Waguespack St., Lockport, were booked into the Nelson Coleman Correctional Center around 8 p.m. Saturday after they told authorities they hit a man who was walking in the middle of U.S. Highway 90 near Louisiana Highway 632, said Trooper Melissa Matey, a State Police spokeswoman.
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According to the release, Jennifer Theriot told authorities she was traveling eastbound on U.S. 90 in a Jeep Wrangler when she hit the man. She said she and William Theriot got out of the vehicle and saw the body in the street. The two then left the scene without reporting the incident or offering any help to the victim.
According to the St. Charles Parish Sheriff’s Office, Jennifer Theriot was booked with felony hit and run – fatality, while William Theriot was booked with accessory after the fact to a felony hit and run.
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Police: Couple admits to St. Charles hit-and-run death
Jay Vise Reporting
State police investigators say a couple from Lockport turned themselves in this weekend and admitted to fatally running over a pedestrian on New Year's Day.
According to a Troop B spokeswoman trooper Melissa Matey, the two said they were driving a Jeep Wrangler on Highway 90 when they hit a pedestrian who was walking in the middle of the roadway.
Police say 30-year-old William Theriot was a passenger in the Jeep at the time of the crash, and 28-year-old Jennifer Theriot was behind the wheel.
Investigators say after hitting the pedestrian, both Jennifer and William Theriot exited the Jeep an observed the victim lying on the roadway. Detectives say without rendering aid or reporting the crash, the two then fled the scene.
Jennifer Theriot was booked into St. Charles Parish lockup for Felony Hit and Run. William Theriot was also booked for Accessory After the Fact relating to the Felony Hit and Run.
The incident reportedly happened early on the morning of January 1, after a passer-by notified police of a man's body lying on the shoulder of the road on US 90 east at mile post 235, which is approximately 0.4 miles west of LA 632.
That man was identified as 28-year-old Chad M. Gaubert Paradis. "