Suspect in fatal hit-and-run out of jail

WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — The suspect in a fatal hit-and-run was released from the New Hanover County Jail just hours after turning himself in.

Hernan Flores-Contreras posted a $50,000 unsecured bond and was released from jail around 10:48 p.m. Friday according to the New Hanover County Jail.

WPD spokeswoman Cathryn Lindsay said police got a check welfare call at 7:12 a.m. Friday in the 5400 block of Oleander Drive near Hops Supply Co. When officers arrived, she says they found the body of Roydes, 29, of Wilmington, on the side of the road.

Police were looking for a white work van without a ladder rack that was said to possibly have right front end damage.

Late Friday, Lindsay said Flores-Contreras, 57, turned himself in and the vehicle was recovered. She said Flores-Contreras is charged with felony hit and run, misdemeanor death by motor vehicle and failure to maintain lane control.

Lindsay said speed and alcohol do not appear to be factors in the crash. Police are still investigating.

Two years ago, Navassa Police arrested Flores-Contreras for sex crimes involving children that allegedly happened in 2005 and 2010, according to a report in the StarNews. WWAY could not confirm this evening what happened to those charges against him. At the time of his 2015, the StarNews reported, Flores-Contreras was detained on an immigration hold.

Roydes survived a shooting in Ogden last year during a home invasion. Another man, Yancey Edwards, 32, was killed in that shooting.