TAMPA, Fla., (WFLA) - A former Polk County Sheriff's Deputy who left the country after being charged with multiple counts of DUI manslaughter, is now back on U.S. soil, and in jail.

Tampa Police and the U.S. Marshals Service worked together to arrest Joshua Roelofs.

TPD said he was arrested in Columbia and brought back. Wednesday afternoon, Roelofs was denied bond in court.

"It's just a nightmare to know that my brother died alone there on the pavement, because someone made these choices," said Victoria Negrete, Ricky Gongora's younger sister.

The State Attorney's Office provided footage of the fatal DUI crash from April in 2022. The crash happened along the Courtney Campbell Causeway. Investigators said Roelofs was the one behind the wheel.

Two men were killed: Kristopher Koroly and

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