The St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office has withdrawn its request for the northshore District Attorney's Office to charge a Slidell man with vehicular homicide in connection with a fatal hit and run that claimed the life of a 6-year-old boy Aug. 13, saying new evidence shows the charge is "not supported."

The Sheriff's Office and northshore District Attorney Collin Sims' office both said in news releases Friday afternoon that new evidence has come to light and Sims' office said vehicular homicide charges against Cody Beaudette would be refused.

The Sheriff's Office said the evidence, which it did not detail, showed the initial charge against Beaudette, 35, was "not supported." Beaudette had been accused of hitting 6-year-old Jeremiah Ramirez, who was riding his scooter in his driveway on

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