Drunk Bay Shore Driver Who Killed Pedestrian After Stealing Car Cuts Plea Deal: Authorities
A young Long Island man who killed a pedestrian while driving drunk in a stolen car took a plea deal Wednesday, Sept. 30, authorities said.
Alexander Cerda, 23, of Bay Shore, pleaded guilty to second-degree manslaughter and several more charges in the death of Eric Perez in March 2025, the Suffolk County District Attorney’s office said.
In exchange, Cerda is expected to get between six and 18 years in prison at his sentencing hearing on Jan. 8, 2027, according to the DA’s office.
“Every decision this defendant made on March 8, 2025, was worse than the next,” District Attorney Ray Tierney s…
Former Hayfield Principal Used School Cards For Personal Travel, Events, Police Say
A school-issued payment card allegedly became a personal expense account for a Virginia principal.
Darin Thompson, 51, of Lorton, the former principal of Hayfield Secondary School, was arrested on Wednesday, Sept. 30, after investigators say he used nearly $8,000 in school funds on unauthorized personal expenses.
The spending included personal travel and trips to events that had nothing to do with Thompson's official duties, according to the Fairfax County Police Department.
The case began months earlier.
Detectives opened an investigation on April 21 after the Fairfax County Public Schoo…
