Man Charged In Fatal Hit-And-Run: Hamden Police

HAMDEN, CT — A South Carolina man has been extradited to Connecticut and arrested in connection to a fatal hit-and-run that killed a woman while she was crossing the street in Hamden in 2018.

Melissa Reddick, 51, of Hamden, was crossing Dixwell Avenue in the area of Morse Street at about 2 a.m. on July 1 when she was struck by an SUV. The driver left the scene and Reddick was taken to Yale-New Haven Hospital where she died from her injuries.

Officer Brett Ferrara of the Hamden Police Department Traffic Division, along with Detective Joseph Liguori and Officer Shawn Nutcher “combed through hours of video,” which led to the discovery of the vehicle, according to Capt. Ronald Smith.

Smith said the SUV was parked in a residential garage in New Haven and William Moultrie was determined to be the driver. An arrest warrant was obtained for Moutrie, 53, who was apprehended at his current address in Georgetown, South Carolina last week.

Moultrie, formerly of New Haven, was arrested by Hamden Police Oct. 18 and charged with evading responsibility/death, tampering with physical evidence, second-degree criminal mischief, falsely reporting an incident and interfering with a police officer. Moultrie, who was detained on a court-ordered $50,000 bond, is scheduled to appear in Meriden Superior Court on Nov. 1.