Suspect charged with hit and run in pedestrian death

Police have charged a 50-year-old Morgan City man with hit and run driving in connection with a crash that killed a pedestrian Sunday, Morgan City Police Chief James Blair said in a news release.
Caffery J. Williams, 50, of Garber Street in Morgan City, was arrested at 5:26 p.m. Wednesday on the charges of felony hit and run driving, obstruction of justice, possession of cocaine, violation of uniformed controlled dangerous substance laws and driving under suspension.
Early Sunday morning, the Morgan City Police Department began an investigation of a hit and run involving a fatality which occurred on La. 182 near Grizzaffi Street. Police determined a male pedestrian, who was pronounced dead on scene, had been struck by a vehicle that then fled the area. The deceased was identified as Darryl Pichoff, 64, of Stephensville.
During the investigation, detectives developed Williams as a suspect in the incident. Investigators executed a search warrant at a Garber Street home where Williams was believed to reside.
In a search, investigators found evidence of Williams's involvement in the hit and run and that Williams had attempted to dispose of some of the evidence, Blair said. Investigators also located suspected cocaine in the home and a drivers license check revealed that Williams had a suspended drivers license, Blair said.
The location of the incident was with in the area of a drug free zone in violation of uniformed controlled dangerous substance laws. Williams was arrested and booked into the Morgan City jail where he remains on $100,000 bail.