Long Island Man Accused In Fatal DWI Crash Arraigned On 24 Counts

A man who was allegedly drunk when he was involved in a fatal motor vehicle crash on Long Island after being released from police custody has been charged in a 24-count indictment.

A DWI suspect that killed a man has been charged in a 24-count indictment.
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Zak Failla

01/31/2020 4:21 p.m.

On Sunday, Jan. 12, at approximately 4 a.m., Bellport resident Jordan Randolph, 40, allegedly struck and killed 27-year-old Jonathan Flores-Maldonado on the William Floyd Parkway in Shirley.

Randolph was driving a 2014 Cadillac north on William Floyd Parkway when his vehicle rear-ended a 2015 Ford just south of Rose Executive Boulevard, Suffolk County Police said.

At the time of the crash, Randolph was allegedly intoxicated, with a blood alcohol content of .23 percent, according to police, nearly triple the legal limit. While he was driving drunk, Randolph allegedly topped 130 mph in his Cadillac.

This week, Randolph was arraigned on a 24-count indictment that includes multiple charges of driving while intoxicated and seven counts of vehicular homicide. Randolph was also charged with assault, fleeing from police and circumventing his ignition interlock device.

Following the crash, Randolph was transported to Long Island Community Hospital in East Patchogue for treatment of minor injuries.

Randolph pleaded not guilty to all of the charges against him.

According to reports, Randolph is a career criminal, with at least a dozen arrests, including several for driving while intoxicated. His license was suspended at the time of the crash and he had been arrested less than two weeks before the fatal crash for failure to install an ignition interlock device in his vehicle.

As of Wednesday, Jan. 1, thousands of inmates throughout the state were put back on the streets due to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s bail reform legislation, which marked the end of cash bail for misdemeanor and non-violent felony offenders that were previously incarcerated.

Following his arrest before the fatal crash, Randolph reportedly trolled the state’s bail reform laws, cursing police and stating, “Jan. 1, the laws changed. I’ll be out tomorrow and I will come find you.”

Randolph remains remanded into custody without bail and is scheduled to appear back in court on Tuesday, Feb. 25.

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