Opening statements were heard Tuesday in the case of Teresa Zeppi, the woman accused of fleeing after striking Joseph Dralus with her car.. Dralus died nearly a month later in May 2020. Zeppi had ...

4 days ago · Teresa Zeppi looks at her family members after a jury convicted her of leaving the scene of a crash involving death Thursday in Bradenton. Joseph Dralus was struck in April 2020 and died from his ...

4 days ago · MANATEE COUNTY (WFLA) — Both the state and defense rested their cases in the Teresa Zeppi trial on Wednesday. The 60-year-old Manatee County woman is accused of leaving the scene of a crash involving death back in 2020. The victim was Joseph Dralus Sr. The 82-year-old, who neighbors call the “peace walker” was on one of his daily five ...

4 days ago · A jury found Teresa Zeppi guilty in the deadly hit-and-run crash that killed a Manatee County man known as the ‘Peace Walker’. Zeppi was found guilty of leaving the scene of a crash with death. She nearly avoided trial, initially agreeing to a plea deal that would have kept her out of jail, but prosecutors withdrew that offer late last month.

BRADENTON, Fla. (WFLA) — A jury found Teresa Zeppi guilty as charged for leaving the scene of a crash involving death. Deliberations took less than three hours Thursday afternoon. Her two ...

5 days ago · Tuesday marked the start of the trial of Teresa Zeppi, 60, accused of being the driver of the SUV that hit Dralus on April 25, 2020, near his home in northwest Bradenton. The crash occurred on 9th ...

Feb 24, 2025 · Prosecutors say Teresa Zeppi hit Joseph Dralus, Sr., 82, with her Lincoln Navigator in 2020, then drove away. Zeppi was eventually arrested in 2022, then bonded out of jail the same day. Zeppi will stand trial after Dralus's family objected to a plea deal that would have allowed her to serve two years of house arrest and avoid jail time.

6 days ago · Jury selection wrapped up in the case against a woman accused in a hit-and-run that killed a Bradenton man known as the "Peace walker." Teresa Zeppi is accused of driving a Lincoln Navigator in 2020 when Joseph Dralus, Sr., was hit and killed. Zeppi nearly avoided a trial after striking a plea deal ...

Feb 24, 2025 · Troopers said Teresa Zeppi hit and killed Joseph Dralus Sr. in 2020. According to investigators, security footage showed Zeppi getting out of her vehicle, wiping off the front, and...

Feb 24, 2025 · BRADENTON, Fla. (WWSB) - Teresa Zeppi is set to be sentenced for a 2020 hit-and run crash. A hearing last week in was canceled last minute. Zeppi, of Bradenton, was previously...