An Augusta man with a criminal record has been identified as the driver who mowed down two people in 2014, killing a teenager and seriously injuring another.
On Tuesday, authorities linked 24-year-old Jeffrey Khirell Hardy to the hit-and-run accident that has gone unsolved for nearly three years.
Investigators say he’s the man who struck 13-year-old ZyKeith Harris (pictured at right) and 14-year-old Devontae Sims just after midnight on April 12, 2014, on Gordon Highway. Harris died on the scene but Sims survived his injuries.
Authorities did not say how they solved the case, but they linked Hardy to the crime Tuesday and charges him with homicide by vehicle and hit-and-run. The jail also has him booked on four charges of simple battery – family violence. He’s being held without in the Richmond County Jail.
Criminal history. Hardy is no stranger to jail. He was arrested and convicted last year of stalking and was sentenced to 12 months of probation. He has three convictions of marijuana possession.
And in 2010, Hardy was charged with pointing a firearm at someone, simple battery and deprivation of a minor. Ultimately in that case, he pleaded guilty to lesser charges of reckless conduct and received a -day jail sentence and probation.
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