Bethlehem, PA – A man suspected of fleeing the scene of a grisly crash in New York City that killed a pregnant woman and her husband was arrested at a convenience store in northeastern Pennsylvania on Wednesday after a friend arranged his surrender with New York authorities.
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Julio Acevedo, 44, walked to officers waiting in cars in the parking lot in Bethlehem, Pa., and was arrested on charges of leaving the scene of an accident, said Paul Browne, chief spokesman for the New York Police Department. Acevedo, wearing a hooded sweatshirt, said nothing to officers who took him into custody, Browne said.
The surrender, which occurred shortly after 5 p.m., was brokered by a friend who had been in touch with police earlier in the day. The friend met officers at New York’s Grand Central Station, then led them to Acevedo in Bethlehem, about 80 miles away, police said.
Acevedo was being held by Pennsylvania State Police and was awaiting extradition to New York. Browne said it wasn’t clear when he would be returned.
It also wasn’t clear if Acevedo had an attorney. The friend had told police that Acevedo would surrender after consulting a lawyer, but none was with him when he turned himself in, Browne said.
Acevedo allegedly was speeding down a Brooklyn street at 60 mph early Sunday when he crashed into a car carrying Nachman and Raizy Glauber, both 21. They died Sunday, and their premature son died Monday.
Acevedo told the Daily News that he was fleeing a gunman who was trying to shoot at him when his borrowed BMW slammed into a hired car carrying the couple. He told the newspaper he fled because he was worried he’d be killed. But police said there were no reports of shots fired in the area at the time of the wreck.
The tragedy unfolded shortly after midnight Sunday, when Raizy Glauber, who was seven months pregnant, decided to go to the hospital because she wasn’t feeling well, her family said. They called a livery cab, a hired car that is arranged via telephone, not hailed off the street like a yellow cab.
The crash with the BMW reduced the cab to a crumpled heap, and Raizy Glauber was thrown from the wreck. The engine ended up in the back seat. The driver of the livery cab was knocked unconscious but was not seriously hurt.
The couple belonged to a close-knit ultra-Orthodox Jewish community in Brooklyn, which is home to the largest community of ultra-Orthodox Jews outside Israel, more than 250,000. They were members of the Satmar Hasidic sect. Raizy Glauber grew up in a prominent rabbinical family. Her husband was studying at a rabbinical college; his family founded a line of clothing for Orthodox Jews.
The child was delivered by cesarean section after his parents were killed. The baby weighed only about 4 pounds when he was delivered, neighbors and friends said. He died of extreme prematurity, the city medical examiner’s office said.
The baby was buried Monday near his parents’ graves, according to a spokesman for the Hasidic Jewish community. About a thousand community members turned out for the young couple’s funeral a day earlier.
Word of Acevedo’s arrest was met with bittersweet satisfaction in the Glaubers’ community.
“It’s a sweet bitter pill to swallow,” said Isaac Abraham, a spokesman for the community. “It’s a little good news that at least the man responsible has been arrested, but it doesn’t bring any of the victims back.”
He added that community members hoped Acevedo would face murder charges. “We in the community hope that today is Acevedo’s last day that he sees daylight for the rest of his life,” he said.
Acevedo was arrested last month on a charge of driving while under the influence, and the case is pending. He was stopped by police after they said he was driving erratically around 3 a.m. Feb. 17. He had a blood-alcohol level of .13, over the limit of .08, police said.
He served about a decade in prison in the 1990s for manslaughter after he was convicted of shooting Kelvin Martin, a Brooklyn criminal whose moniker “50 Cent” was the inspiration for rapper Curtis Jackson’s current stage name.
How Acevedo came to possess the BMW is under investigation. The registered owner was arrested Sunday on insurance fraud charges related to the vehicle, but the case was deferred.
Its good for the Neshuma’s that the killer gets his punishment
Bh we got him but y did it take do long?
Just let him out on Lee Avenue. Save the taxpayers a lot of money.
Just for some thought.
Does anybody consider themselves a terrorist when they speed? Yes he had prior convictions and im not trying to whitewash him at all, nor does this reduce our pain the slightest bit for these victims. Yes we have to set examples to keep our streets safe. But that still doesnt make him a monster! Yes he did something horribly wrong, yet it still is missing intention! The way i see it? It was min hashamayim that this tragedy should befall all of us. Sadly, the only time i see us brothers here on vin acting brotherly is when tragedy befalls us. Bros perhaps we can stick together even without any disaster? Perhaps this might be a good starter for me!
What about you? Will you join me in showing ha-m that we want this to stop and well become better yiddin.
עס ברענגט נישט צורוק אינזער ברידער און שוועסטער וואס זענען אזוי טראגיש פארשניטען געווארן דורוך איינער וואס טראכט נישט פון קיי עם
We all know that his capture and subsequent conviction won’t change or minimize anything in as far as the severity of this tragedy. But given the facts of this case, his actions make him 100% responsible for what happened, and for him to run off not only proves his guilt but makes the case for justice to be served all the more compelling. My heart breaks for the families. May the RSO give the families true nechoma.
In pa. pennsylvania wow, that shows that he had no intention of giving himself up unbeleivable
עס טרייסט קיינעם די טופע וואונדען וועע נישט אזוי שנעל אויסגעהיילט ווערן
בלויז מען האט ארפ גענומען אן ארויסגעשטעקטע טשוואק וואס האטגעשעדיגט מענטשען
He quite obviously had no intention of surrendering. Did he think PA was so far away that he wouldn’t be found? That phone call was probably a hoax.
he will probably get a slap on the wrist with a plea bargain because he will plead guilty, while a few innocent people are sitting with long sentences, a few of them our brothers and sisters, because they refused to lie under oath and admit to crimes they were framed for. One gets 103 years, one gets 15 years, one gets 27 years, one gets 30 years. We no longer have a justice system, only a plea bargain system. All prosecutors care about is making convictions, not serving justice.
a bunch of ungrateful people here
first, the fact that the usa is one of the last few places we are still welcomed should tell you to please stop bashing the gov every chance you get
second, they caught him quick
third, figure out if there are ways to prevent this in the future
forth, stop talking so much and do something
fifth, only solution is, once a drunk always a drunk NEVER allow them to drive EVER no exception! If someone allows a person with no licence to drive their car, that person should go to jail for 5 years, regardless if the other person killed someone or not.
Last but not least, time to put speed bumps everywhere, people should drive down regular streets so fast, asking obviously doesnt help so we must place speed bumps ALL OVER the place
Let’s be a little cool headed here,
1) Yes he has a prior history being in a gun fight – which has nothing to do with this case here
2) Yes he was arrested a month ago for drunk driving – which has nothing to do in this case except if it is PROVEN and I repeat PROVEN (remember assumptions don’t matter) that he was drunk in this case
3) Even if its proven that he WAS drunk – had the cab driver not blown the stop sign, we wouldn’t even be discussing this today
4) Yes he ran away – so would a lot of people do when they panic, that does not make him for a murder (he may be a murder for shooting som1 with a gun – but not when he is involved in an accident)
5) Yes he was speeding – so does 95% percent drivers, are we all murders??
To sum it up: He should get fined for speeding, (so should all of us when we speed)
He should get fined for leaving the scene of an accident,
If its proven drunk; he should get his license suspended,
MURDER charges?? NO NO
If u wanna consider murder charges, pls check first if u can PROVE that the cab driver blew the stop sign, then charge the cab driver with unintentional murder, but we still have to understand that he prob never had a baby and he was panicking when the couple RUSHED him to the hospital.
To the media: Mr. Abraham is NOT a community spokesman, he doesn’t speak for me or my family even though I live in the community…
I gotta admit I was wrong.
I was sure he was half way to mexico by now…
Let me add:
6) Even if: He was speeding; He was drunk; He had suspended license; He fled the scene – The BMW had the right of way, not the cab !!!
So, cool it a little. And yes, I’m frm the community (willy) and most people here think the same.
In my neighborhood in Chicago, the drivers are famous for speeding out of alleys without stopping, even though a young Jewish child was killed not long ago by just such tipshus. Stop signs? A joke. Speed limits in residential areas? For losers. All very funny until rachmana litzlan it’s not funny any more. For people who allegedly live al pi seichel, there’s plenty of stupidity going around.
Unfortunate by now all the alcohol in his system is probably gone…
I believe the NYPD will follow back his trail from his statements and maybe find the Bar he drank and they can see how many drinks he had and figure out if he was intoxicated…Other wise there is no way the DA will get him prosecuted for manslaughter charges…He was very shrewd to escape knowing his consequences if he stayed on the scene…
I cant see the judge giving him a life setence for 2 reasons 1) he didnt intened to kill them, after all it was an accident, 2) there was no d.w.i. The must he’ll get is for leaving the scene, which will make it to manslaughter which usually carries a 15yr setence, and with good behavior, he’ll b back on the road bfore u know it…
If indeed the cabbie did blow the stop sign, had the bmw driver been driving at 30mph, i dont think the results of this accident would have been so severe, he could have slowed down much quicker. In my opinion, its definitely the bmw’s fault.
He didn’t intend to Kill.
It really WAS an accident!
What did he do?
Drink and Drive? (Didn’t everyone else in Willy, do the same on Purim?)
What did he do?
Speed 60 mph ?
To this very moment, everyone else on Kent Ave still speeds?
So what did the Goy do, different from everyone else in Willy?
It’s just his Mazal, tat G-d wanted this couple killed, and this Goy was the selected Shliach, to crash in to this couple, which was BASHERT anyway.
So who’s fault is it that it was BASHERT for the couple to suffer this tragedy?
The Gemara in Shabbos 139:1 says tat it’s the Willy community leadership and it’s Dayonim who are to blame and they could have prevented it – nothing else could prevent it if it’s BASHERT.
There is a lot of talk about blowing the stop sign.
The issue is that you stop at a stop sign and proceed if the coast is clear. This takes into account what you see and the apparant ditance/speed of oncoming traffic. Drivers can be very adept at judging distance but it is impossible to judge speed.
I am not sure the issue was blowing the stop sign, it might have been failure to imagine a jerk would drive at double the speed limit.
I am unable to sit in a car without seatbelts. I do not blame the victims for not using seatbelts. I also use seatbelts when in a car service, back seat. Do you?
1, The speed of impact would have caused severe injuries or death even with seatbelts. The massive acceleration and deacceleration shakes the brain severely.
I have also read that the enggine was displaced into the vehicle. In such a case all bets are off.
This guy already sat in Jail for MURDER and came out a few years later.
Why??
Because:
Hynes is busy letting the Murderers free in order to empty the prisons cells for Orthodox child molestors.
I saw a comment in an earlier post that I’ll re-word.
This guy sat only 10 years for a homicide.
I hope he also molested a child so that this time he will sit more than 10 years.
(But then again the laws may be different for Jewish and non Jewish molesters).
HELP! some of these comments are so ‘objectively’ heartless and ridiculous. first of all, two wrongs don’t ever make one right! anyone who speeds on local streets is WRONG no matter who they are. that being said someone who drives at crazy speeds because he’s drunk and slams into another car and walks away cold bloodedly without checking on the people he hit is absolutely a MURDERER!!!! and for all of you who are trying to show you can be liberal minded objective jerks put yourselves in the shoes of the parents of this innocent beautiful couple and see if you will still be so cold bloodedly objective. He waited to give himself up long enough for any trace of alcohol to be out of his body.
He was only charged with fleeing an accident? How about 3 counts of vehicular manslaughter?
Also, at 4 lbs. and 7 mos. that baby should have survived barring any other injuries. Plenty of smaller preemies who make it to 7 mos survive. The doctors let him die because he didn’t have parents. Do not accept what doctors are telling you. Fight for them to do everything in their power because it’s easier and more cost effective for them to let someone go, even if that person is young and strong.
After 74 comments many have in a way defended the rotzach but no one has defended comentator #1 , “Kol Demei Ochichu Tzoakim Alie” thats the basis but Chasidishe teaching talk about it.