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Show PG man suspect in hit-run death Jaime Uribe Villarreal, 20, Pleasant Grove, believed involved in the September hit-and-run death of a 5-year old Orem boy, has voluntarily turned himself in to Orem police. Gerald Nielsen, Orem Public Safety spokesman, said Mr. Villarreal turned himself in to police on Friday (Feb. 5) and was subsequently sub-sequently processed and taken to 8th ' Circuit Court in Orem. He was charged with leaving the scene of an injury accident, a Class A misdemeanor. An 8th Circuit Court clerk said Mr. Villarreal was appointed counsel, and the case was continued until Feb. 16. He was released on his own recognizance. Officer Nielsen said the suspect called an Orem officer earlier in the week and made arrangements to come in, ending a five-month search by law enforcement officers. He is charged in connection with a Sept. 11, 1987 hit-and-run accident in which Scott Sterling Farmer, son of Mr. and Mrs. Larry Farmer, 464 S. 520 East, Orem, was fatally injured. According to the police report, the boy apparently ran across the road at 400 South 520 East in Orem, and was struck by an older model pickup. He was taken to Utah Valley Regional Medical Center in Provo, and was later transferred to Primary Children's Medical Center in Salt Lake City, where he died. A witness to the accident gave police the license number of the pickup and a description of the driver. The vehicle was later located in northeast Orem. |