A 25-year-old Fairfield man faces another court hearing early next week following his arrest Thursday on suspicion of running over an unidentified victim “multiple times,” causing the person’s death, then fleeing the scene.
Vakautakava Tangitau remains without bail in Solano County Jail in Fairfield, where he awaits jail arraignment in Solano County Superior Court in Fairfield.
He appeared in Department 1 at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday for a scheduled arraignment hearing, but Judge Jeffrey C. Kauffman, noting Tangitau’s request for a court-appointed attorney, reset the proceeding for 9 a.m. Monday.
Chief Deputy District Attorney Bruce Flynn represented the DA’s Office. Chief Deputy Public Defender Dan Messner represented Tangitau, who entered the courtroom shackled.
A court records search indicated the Solano County DA’s Office filed a criminal complaint on Tuesday.
In a social media account posted Thursday, Fairfield police officials said at about 11:30 a.m. Thursday, a man was walking through the Solano Town Center’s northside parking lot when he “was struck by a person driving a white Dodge pickup truck.”
The driver, later identified as Tangitau, “proceeded to run over the victim multiple times, before fleeing in his vehicle,” according to the post’s wording.
