Julio Acevedo, the suspect in the hit-and-run crash that killed a young family in Brooklyn, turned himself in to officers in Bethlehem, Pa.,...
Julio Acevedo, the suspect in the hit-and-run crash that killed a young family in Brooklyn, turned himself in to officers in Bethlehem, Pa., police announced Wednesday evening. Acevedo was arrested in the parking lot at 1100 Hellerton Road, under a previous agreement facilitated by a friend, CBS 2 reported. "The suspect, Julio Acevedo, was taken into custody," around 5 pm in the parking lot of a mini-mall, NYPD Deputy Commissioner Paul Browne told WCBS 880 on Wednesday evening. Police met the friend, Derrick Hamilton, at Grand Central Station on Wednesday, and they drove together to Pennsylvania for the surrender. Hamilton will not be charged with a crime, police said. Under the agreement facilitated by Hamilton, Acevedo was waiting for detectives, and had been given a description of the unmarked cars they would be in. As he approached one of the vehicles, officers got out and arrested him on potential charges of leaving the scene of a vehicular accident, police said. Acevedo was handcuffed, and made no statements as he was placed in the rear of one of the police squad cars. The officers sent to the scene included members of the Brooklyn North Violent Felony Squad and the Regional Fugitive Task Force, which included a US Marshal, police said. Acevedo was wearing a light blue hoodie, gray sweat pants with white stripes, a black knit hat and black and red sneakers as he was arrested, police said. He was taken to jail in Bethlehem. Police said they did not expect Acevedo to ... Less
