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Towson, MD
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Baltimore Police Officer Admits To Vehicular Manslaughter For Fatal Scooter Crash: Maryland AG
A Baltimore police officer has admitted to vehicular manslaughter in the June 2022 crash involving a scooter driver, authorities have announced. The Independent Investigations Division (IID) of the Maryland Attorney General’s Office released its investigative report on Friday, Feb. 16. Baltimore City Police Officer Alexis Acosta was driving on the 2400 block of E. Biddle Street in a police cruiser with lights and sirens activated while responding to an officer assistance call on June 21, 2022 around 12:40 p.m. The officer collided with a scooter as he entered the intersection of E. Bi…
Greenburgh, NY
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Update: Man Faces New Charges In Hit-Run Death Of Beloved Community Leader In Hartsdale
A 42-year-old man has been hit with new charges in connection with the hit-run death of a beloved community leader in Westchester. Brooklyn resident Antonio Robles-Sanchez was indicted for the hit-run death of 65-year-old Stephanie Kavourias that happened in Hartsdale in August 2023, the Westchester County District Attorney's Office announced on Thursday, Feb. 15. Earlier Report - Woman Killed In Hit-Run Hartsdale Crash Was Beloved Community Leader According to the DA's Office, around 11:15 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 26, Robles-Sanchez drove his Dodge Ram t…
Hamilton Township, NJ
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13-Year-Old Among 2 Dead By Driver Making Illegal Pass In Mercer County: Police
Two people including a 13-year-old boy were killed in a head-on crash involving a vehicle that illegally tried to pass other cars on Route 31 in Mercer County, authorities said. The crash occurred at about 10:50 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 11. Kongmi Khu, 32, of Brooklyn, NY, will be charged with vehicular manslaughter and other offenses, police said. Khu was driving south and crossed the double yellow lines in an attempt to pass two other vehicles before slamming into a northbound car, Hopewell Township police said. The 13-year-old killed in the crash was a front-seat passenger in Khu’s sedan, …
Massapequa, NY
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26-Year-Old Accused Of Driving Drunk In North Woodmere After Crash Kills Passenger, Age 22
A Long Island man accused of driving drunk is facing a host of charges, including manslaughter, after his passenger was killed in an overnight crash. Click here for a new, updated story: ID Released For 22-Year-Old From Valley Stream Killed In North Woodmere DWI Crash It happened around 4:30 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 10 in North Woodmere. A 2023 Toyota traveling on Rosedale Road near the intersection of Lawrence Court lost control and overturned, Nassau County Police said. After an investigation, the driver, Aaron Cooper, age 26, of Lindenhurst, was arrested without incident, …
Brentwood, NY
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Drunk Driver Who Killed Boy In High-Speed Long Island Expressway Crash Admits To Manslaughter
A drunk driver has confessed to causing a high-speed crash on the Long Island Expressway that killed a 9-year-old boy. Travis Dickson, age 32, of Brooklyn, pleaded guilty to vehicular manslaughter and related charges in Suffolk County Court on Friday, Feb. 9. Prosecutors said Dickson was impaired by alcohol and marijuana when he got behind the wheel of a BMW sedan in the early hours of Monday, Aug. 22, 2022. Earlier Report: Man Indicted On Manslaughter, DWI Charges In Farmingville Crash That Killed 9-Year-Old At around 1:50 a.m., he was speeding westbound on the Long Island Express…
North Hunterdon, NJ
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Man Charged In Thanksgiving Eve Crash That Killed Hackettstown Mom
A 51-year-old Hackettstown man was arrested on Thursday, Jan. 4 and charged with vehicular manslaughter following a Thanksgiving Eve crash that killed a 33-year-old mother of two. Andrzej Szysko was heading east in a Jeep Wrangler that struck the passenger's side of a Ford pickup truck, heading south on Route 517 in Allamuchy around 3:15 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2023, New Jersey State Police said. The impact sent the Ford into 33-year-old Lauren Gerhold's vehicle, heading north in a Jeep SUV, and she was pronounced dead, police said. Gerhold was survived by her husband, Casey…
Clifton Park, NY
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'Senseless': Drunk Driver Imprisoned For Capital Region Crash That Killed Mother Of 3
An admitted drunk driver will spend years behind bars for causing a highway crash in the region that killed a mother of three. Richard Irelan, age 45, of Johnstown in Fulton County, was sentenced to an indeterminate term of two to six years in prison in Saratoga County Court on Friday, Jan. 19, in the death of Amanda Sullivan. The fatal wreck happened just before 8 p.m. Sunday, July 30, 2023, in Saratoga County, on I-87 in the Town of Wilton. Earlier Report: 'Wonderful' Mother Of 3 Killed In Suspected Drunk Driving Crash On Wilton Highway New York State Police said Irelan was drivi…
Massapequa, NY
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Teen Drives Drunk, Kills 6-Year-Old During Long Island Crash: DA
An 18-year-old from Long Island has been indicted for his alleged role in a drunk driving crash that killed a little girl two days before her birthday. The Nassau County District Attorney announced the indictment of Jorge Bonilla Gutierrez, age 18 of Freeport, on Tuesday, Jan. 2. Bonilla Gutierrez was allegedly driving drunk and speeding eastbound on Hempstead Turnpike on the morning of August 7, 2023. Earlier Report - Update: Teen Charged For Crash That Killed Child, Injured 5 Others In West Hempstead At around 2:20 a.m., Bonilla Gutierrez sped in his Nissan Pathfinder through …
Yonkers, NY
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'We Are Disappointed': DPW Worker Sentenced For Hit-Run That Killed Yonkers Teen
A former public works employee has been sentenced for his role in a hit-run crash that killed a beloved 16-year-old boy in Westchester. Former Yonkers Public Works Department worker Stephen Dolan, age 46, was sentenced on Thursday, Dec. 14 to one and a half to four and a half years in prison for vehicular manslaughter in connection with an August 2022 crash that killed 16-year-old Christopher Jack “CJ” Hackett of Yonkers, according to a report by ABC News. Earlier Report - DPW Worker Charged For Fatal Hit-Run Crash That Killed 16-Year-Old Stepinac HS Student On the da…
Massapequa, NY
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Triple-Fatal Crash Indictment: Man Drove Over 90 MPH On Southern State Parkway, DA Says
A Queens man was arraigned on charges including manslaughter for his alleged role in a speeding crash on the Southern State Parkway that killed three people, officials said. Matthew Whyte, age 28 of Laurelton, Queens, faced his indictment for the Oyster Bay incident on Thursday, Dec. 7, the Nassau County District Attorney announced. The crash in question occurred on Nov. 5, 2022, according to the DA’s Office. Earlier Report: 18-Year-Old Woman Killed, 2 Critically Injured In Southern State Parkway Crash In Oyster Bay Just before 9 p.m. that night, 18-year-old Ciara Hare, along wi…
Massapequa, NY
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Man Admits Driving Drunk, 95 MPH, During Fatal Long Island Crash: DA
A Long Island man has admitted to driving drunk in a crash that killed one and injured another. On Thursday, Nov. 30, Hicksville resident Oscar Argueta, age 37, pleaded guilty to charges including aggravated vehicular manslaughter for a fatal DWI crash that killed 48-year-old David Popoola, the Nassau County District Attorney announced. Earlier Report - Fatal DWI Crash: Hicksville Man Charged With Vehicular Homicide Argueta was driving drunk, heading northwest on Greenwich Street in Hempstead on June 26, 2022. At approximately 1:40 a.m., while going 93 miles an hour in his Dodge…
Brentwood, NY
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Deadly Hit-Run: Drunk, High 24-Year-Old Admits To Long Island Crash That Killed Woman
A 24-year-old man is facing years in prison for hitting and killing a Long Island woman while driving drunk and high on marijuana. Wade Gagliano, of Ronkonkoma, pleaded guilty to vehicular manslaughter in Suffolk County Court on Thursday, Nov. 30, in the death of Adrienne Wagner. According to prosecutors, Gagliano was driving an SUV westbound on Johnson Avenue near Ocean Avenue in Ronkonkoma when he struck Wagner at around 1:30 a.m. on Aug. 14, 2022, as she crossed the street. Wagner, age 67, of Ronkonkoma, was pronounced dead at the scene. Following the crash, Gagliano fled without calli…
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