Maria drove to her parents house nearby after leaving the laundromat to go to a family barbecue, the spokesman said. The spokesman said Maria was sober, had a valid license, cooperated fully with investigators, and willingly turned over her phone, which showed there was no activity at the time of the crash. The District Attorney’s office then conducted its own investigation using the evidence the NYPD examined, and determined that Maria failed to exercise due care, but could not have known she had run over Gonzalez. Maria told cops that she was “unaware she had struck someone," and police ultimately concluded there was no criminality, according to the DA’s office. Police initially stopped Maria - who was behind the wheel of a 2018 Nissan Rogue, which Streetsblog reported at the time is equipped with rearview cameras - a few blocks from the scene, but let her go.Ī spokesman for District Attorney Eric Gonzalez said the NYPD conducted a reenactment using 3D video, spoke with all known witnesses, and reviewed surveillance video. We are not going to require the driver to treat her any differently than if she was one.’" The law should be applied so that the driver is required to stop their vehicle, get out and look in these circumstances.” Vaccaro added that “the response of the Brooklyn DA in this case to the Gonzalez family, in essence, is: ‘Your daughter might as well have been a pile of garbage on the street. “Drivers can always claim (and usually do) that they thought it was a pothole, curb or debris when they run their victim over. “The up-and-down movement of the vehicle as she crushed the toddler on the sidewalk was ‘cause to know’ she had struck someone," Vaccaro said. That evidence should have been enough to charge Maria with a fatal hit-and-run because any reasonable person should have had “cause to know” that she ran over someone - the legal standard for charging such cases, Vaccaro said. The horrific incident was captured on video, and clearly shows Maria’s car bumping up and down as it rolls over Gonzalez, according to attorney Steve Vaccaro. On June 24, 2018, motorist Jeanette Maria backed out of an illegal parking lot, which the city later ordered to be shut down, outside a Bushwick laundromat, and then accelerated into Gonzalez and her mother on the sidewalk, killing the little girl and injuring her mom. Feel free to email your officers directly, or contact your local precinct, to discuss ongoing crime or quality-of-life issues.Two years after a hit-and-run driver fatally ran over 4-year-old Luz Gonzalez on a Brooklyn sidewalk, the borough's district attorney has announced a charge of "failure to exercise due care" - minor charges that don’t do enough to hold the driver accountable, according to an attorney. Use the map and list below to find your sector and your NCOs. They get to know the neighborhood, its people, and its problems extremely well. They spend all their working hours within the confines of their assigned sectors, actively engaging with local community members and residents. Neighborhood Coordination Officers, or NCOs, are your local problem solvers. Youth Coordination Officer: (718) 827-3524 - E-mailĬlick here to sign up for notifications about events in this precinct Get to Know Your Neighborhood Coordination Officers Find your sector. Crime Statistics (Excel) Contact InformationĬrime Prevention: (718) 827-3650 - John Fitzgerald - E-mail: Violence Officer: (718) 827-3502 - E-mail
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