Overview
- Police say 40-year-old Leslie Anne Youngberg was struck around 2 a.m. Saturday near Cliff Road and Nichols Road and later died at a hospital.
- Investigators linked car parts and surveillance video to a white Honda CRV with heavy front-end damage registered to Martinez.
- Officers found the SUV at his home later that morning and arrested him after stopping the Uber he entered.
- In a recorded interview, Martinez admitted driving and hitting “something,” said he was coming from a bar, denied drinking, and claimed something jumped into the road.
- Records show DUI convictions dating to 2012 for Martinez, and he is charged with one count that carries a maximum three-year sentence while blood-test and crash-reconstruction results remain pending.