NEWBURGH – A 57-year-old Newburgh man has been arrested in connection with a fatal hit-and-run motor vehicle crash that occurred in late 2025.
Newburgh Police arrested Alcio Poma-Romero on this Wednesday, November 4 and charged him with the felony of leaving the scene of a fatal motor vehicle crash.
City police said on December 8, 2025 at about 3:15 a.m., a utility crew found an unresponsive man lying on the side of the street at 366 South Street. He was transported to the hospital where he died from his injuries.
The investigation was led by Detective J. Ruiz and the department’s Scene Dynamics Unit that determined the victim, who had been walking, was struck by a vehicle that left the scene.
Poma-Romero, who was also charged with speeding, was arraigned and remanded to the Orange County Jail.
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