*UPDATED RELEASE- HIT AND RUN SUSPECT ARRESTED*

PRESCOTT POLICE HAVE RELEASED INFORMATION ON THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE WHO ALLEGEDLY STRUCK AND SERIOUSLY INJURED A PRESCOTT WOMAN ON WEDNESDAY MORNING.

THE TRUCK AND SUSPECT WERE LOCATED IN THE PARKING LOT AT 1245 EAST GURLEY STREET WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. OFFICERS TOOK THE SUSPECT,  IDENTIFIED AS FRANCISCO NINO, A 25-YEAR-OLD MALE FROM PHOENIX, INTO CUSTODY WITHOUT INCIDENT.

NINO WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE PRESCOTT POLICE DEPARTMENT WHERE HE WAS INTERVIEWED BY MEMBERS OF THE INVESTIGATION SECTION AND TRAFFIC SAFETY SECTION. NINO ADMITTED HIS INVOLVEMENT DURING THE INTERVIEW.

THE VICTIM, A 36-YEAR-OLD FEMALE PRESCOTT RESIDENT WHO’S NAME HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED, IS REPORTED TO BE IN SERIOUS BUT STABLE CONDITION IN A PHOENIX AREA HOSPITAL. THE VICTIM’S DOG, WHO WAS NOT INJURED, WAS LOCATED BY CITY ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICERS NEAR THE VICTIM’S RESIDENCE AND IS BEING CARED FOR BY A FAMILY MEMBER.

NINO WAS BOOKED INTO THE YAVAPAI COUNTY JAIL ON CHARGES OF FAILING TO STOP OR PROVIDE AID FOR A SERIOUS ACCIDENT, A CLASS 2 FELONY; DUTY TO PROVIDE INFORMATION AND/OR ASSISTANCE, A CLASS 6 FELONY; AND CAUSING SERIOUS INJURY BY A MOVING VIOLATION, A CLASS 1 MISDEMEANOR.