Chicago DUI lawyer provides an update on Angel Arce Torres' suspect now in custody

On Friday, I posted about Angel Arce Torres death and what it meant for us as a society that no one rushed to his aid after he was hit by two cars. 

 I had a very interesting conversation later that day about the obligations we have as human beings to care for each other in such times. Surprisingly, that conversation started with a focus on the heinous behavior of David Cash, who was dubbed the "Bad Samaritan" for his failure to prevent the molestation and subsequent murder of a little girl in the "Casino Child Murder" trial.

Now the police in Hartford, Connecticut have charged a man with the death of Angel Arce Torres:

May 16, Hartford, Connecticut

Nearly a year after Angel Arce Torres was hit by a car on Park Street, a 33-year-old Hartford man was charged Friday with driving the car that hit him, leaving him lying helpless in the middle of the street while bystanders looked on.

Luis Negron, 33, of 461 New Britain Ave., was charged with first-degree manslaughter, reckless driving, evading and several other motor vehicle charges.

Citing Negron's history of driving with a suspended license and convictions for skipping court dates, Judge Carl Taylor set his bail at more than $700,000.

Torres, 79, died Monday at Hartford Hospital after his family removed him from life support. The medical examiner ruled that he died of bronchial pneumonia due to a spinal injury.

Negron's attorney, Carmine Giuliano, said that the state's case was weak. There is no witness and no forensic evidence.

"There is no real evidence, there is no circumstantial evidence — there is only a hearsay statement" that Negron's girlfriend made to police, Giuliano said.

Negron had been in custody all day and night Thursday, wasn't fed and was told that if he "signed some papers he could leave," Giuliano said outside court Friday.

Negron was interviewed by police early in the investigation, but there was not enough evidence to charge him with the crime, according to an arrest warrant released after the arraignment. His name came up again on Tuesday, a day after Torres died, when police received a tip naming Negron as the driver who hit Torres, the warrant says.

Perhaps, Mr. Torres would still be alive if the people who hit him and the people who say him laying in the street had rushed to give him some help.  As I have said before, good men don't need laws and bad men will always find a way around them