The driver accused in a hit-and-run crash that left a U.S. Postal Service mail carrier dead will remain in jail. On Friday, 56-year-old Christopher Prater appeared in court where he was denied bond for the Dec. 18 crash. Judge Michael Hooi said the evidence supported Prater's charges of leaving the scene of a crash with death and driving with a suspended license in the crash that killed 69-year-old Paul Falica. "There was some evidence today of disregard of safety of the community," the judge said in court. "What is also troubling is the nature of the offense and the attempts to throw law enforcement off in the investigation." Detectives testified in court that Prater admitted to the crash in footage recorded on their body cameras. Tampa police responded just before 3 p.m. Monday to the intersection of River Cove Street and North Mulberry Street. They arrived to find an overturned USPS mail delivery truck. Falica, who served the Sulphur Springs community for three decades as a mail carrier, was pronounced dead at the scene. MORE: https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/hillsboroughcounty/usps-mailmail-killed-crash-tampa/67-300f0b79-b260-417c-832f-97da2d8c618a ►Subscribe: https://on.wtsp.com/youtube ►Website: https://www.wtsp.com/ ►Facebook: https://facebook.com/10TampaBay ►Twitter: https://twitter.com/10TampaBay