UPDATE: Man arrested in fatal Albany hit-and-run

December 14, 2022

Courtesy of the Albany Police Department

The Albany Police Department seeks the driver of this truck, seen here in a screen-capture from video footage, possibly involved in a fatal Saturday, Dec. 10, hit-and-run in southeast Albany.

Albany police arrested a man Wednesday in connection with a fatal hit-and-run that killed an Albany woman early Saturday morning, Dec. 10, in southeast Albany.

Matthew James Dreyer, 49, was lodged at the Linn County Jail on criminal charges associated with the incident, which took place shortly before 4:30 a.m. Saturday in the 1500 block of Geary St. SE and resulted in the death of 30-year-old Alexandria Lee Mulrooney.

Investigators found the involved vehicle, a black 1997 Nissan pickup, at the time of the arrest, the result of multiple community tips.

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