An 18-year-old arrested in August 2023 in connection with a hit-and-run on the Palma Sola Causeway was sentenced April 9 to 12 years in prison, with credit for time served.
Connor D. Fleener also was sentenced to 15 years on probation following the prison term.
Bradenton police detectives arrested Fleener following a crash involving a vehicle and a pedestrian in the 8400 block of Manatee Avenue/State Road 64. An Aug. 9, 2023, news release from BPD said, “The suspect drove away, turned around and intentionally hit the victim before driving away again. The suspect then left the vehicle and ran away.”
BPD said the juvenile and the pedestrian, a 35-year-old man, had been engaged in a verbal argument.
Fleener pleaded no contest in February to three felonies — first-degree attempted murder, leaving the scene of a crash with serious bodily injury and driving with no valid driver’s license and causing serious bodily injury.
— Lisa Neff
