CLAREMONT – Police announced Friday the arrest of a 67-year-old Covina woman who they allege struck and killed a pedestrian January 8, leaving his body in the roadway.

Evidence at the scene led officers to Helen Scheuplein and her vehicle in Pomona at the Hi-Brow bar in the 500 block of West Foothill Boulevard. She was arrested without incident and booked on suspicion of gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated, vehicular manslaughter and hit and run causing death, according to the Claremont Police Department.

Scheuplein is accused of killing 50-year-old Rancho Cucamonga man James Radzik in the 1600 block of North Towne Avenue.

Written by AARON CASTREJON
CityWatch Editor

CLAREMONT - Police are searching for the driver who struck and killed a pedestrian early Wednesday.

The collision occurred in the 1600 block of North Towne Avenue near Syracuse Drive. Firefighters returning to their station discovered the body of a 50-year-old man on the roadway, according to the Claremont Police Department.

The body was found just after 2:30 a.m. January 8.

There is no vehicle or suspect description.

A California Highway Patrol broadcast indicated the suspect vehicle should have Major front end damage and windshield damage.