Herrera was sentenced to 15-years in prison for the May 2025 hit-and-run death of Deleon in the Southside of Milwaukee.
By H. Nelson Goodson
Hispanic News Network U.S.A.
May 18, 2026
Milwaukee, Wisconsin - On May 12, 2026, Raul Herrera, 42, was sentenced to 15-years in prison after he pled guilty to one felony count for hit-and-run involving death on April 2026 for the May 10, 2025 hit-and-run death of Roberto Deleon, 90, at the 1000 block of S. 35 Street in the Southside of Milwaukee.
Herrera will serve 8 years in prison and 7 years in supervision. Milwaukee County Circuit Judge David Swanson also gave him credit for 366 days incarceration.
A restitution hearing for Herrera was set for July 10, 2026.
According to the criminal complaint, Herrera and friends were drinking at a Northside bar and afterwards he was driving along S. 35 Street when he struck Deleon who was crossing the street. Herrera did not stop, but one of his passengers was able to get out of the vehicle and identified Herrera as the hit-and-run driver to police.
Herrera was later taken into custody and criminally charged.
In addition, Herrera is facing an additional 16 years in prison in another criminal case, the open felony case is set for final pre-trial on July 31, 2026.
In that criminal case, Herrera was criminally charged with one felony count for 2nd-degree recklessly endangering safety including use of a dangerous weapon, domestic abuse assessment; one felony count for intimidate a witness/domestic abuse including use of a dangerous weapon and domestic abuse assessment; one felony count for false imprisonment including use of a dangerous weapon and domestic abuse assessment; one felony count for strangulation/suffocation including use of a dangerous weapon and domestic abuse assessment; and two misdemeanor counts for battery including use of dangerous weapon and domestic abuse assessment, and disorderly conduct including use of a dangerous weapon and domestic abuse assessment.
If convicted, Herrera is facing 10 years in prison and up to $25,000 in fines, or both for each felony count for 2nd-degree recklessly endangering safety and intimidate a witness/domestic abuse; facing up to 6 years in prison and up to $10,000 in fines, or both for each felony count of false imprisonment and strangulation/suffocation; and 9 months in jail and up to $10,000 in fines, or both for one misdemeanor count for battery, and up to 90 days in jail and up to $1,000 in fines, or both for one misdemeanor count for disorderly conduct.
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