Hit-and-run suspect faces immigration detainer, higher bail
Wake District Judge Ned Mangum increased bail for Carlos Rodriguez-Bautista from $8,000 to $25,000 after he found the suspect had failed to show up for court in Onslow and Alamance counties.
Posted — UpdatedCarlos David Rodriguez-Bautista, 34, faces charges of felony hit-and-run in the death of Lewis Avery Gray, 71, on Wednesday morning. Raleigh police said that Rodriguez-Bautista was driving the first of four vehicles to strike Gray as he was walking across the road.
Wake District Judge Ned Mangum increased Rodriguez-Bautista's bail from $8,000 to $25,000 after he found the suspect has been three pending charges of failure to show up for court in Onslow and Alamance counties.
Mangum said that the suspect was also charged with driving while impaired in Raleigh in 2006, but the judge did not the disposition of that case.
Rodriguez-Bautista remained in the Wake County Jail Saturday morning. His next court appearance was set for April 2.
The drivers of the two other vehicles that hit Gray stayed at the scene and will not be charged, police said.
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