Man Wanted in Fatal Hit and Run Nabbed in Slidell

A St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office detective, who is assigned to the U.S. Marshal’s Fugitive

Apprehension Task Force, assisted Tuesday morning (April 16, 2019) in the apprehension of a man wanted in connection with a fatal hit and run out of Texas.

Jorge Granados (22) was arrested on charges of Failure to Stop and Render Aid following a crash that killed 5-year-old girl on March 21 in Austin, Texas.

Members of the Task Force made contact with Granados at approximately 6 a.m. Tuesday at a residence on Foxbriar Court in Slidell.  He was taken into custody without incident and booked into the St. Tammany Parish Jail as a fugitive.