The heartless hit-and-run U-Haul driver, accused of fatally plowing a pedestrian near Queen's College this week, was arrested this week.
Jamie Ferreira, 37, was arrested Tuesday and charged with manslaughter, assault, robbery and other crimes due to the crash on August 20th, when 56-year-old pedestrian David Opiera died. Ta.
According to Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz, the reckless driver spewed the Horace Harding highway, jumped over the curb and hit Opiera, and eventually dumped the vehicle barefoot with passenger Jennifer Sablan, 43. .
After the duo escaped, investigators found stolen credit cards and checkbooks in the truck, laptops, perks cards with Ferreira's name, forged post office keys, fake $100 invoice, metal keyring, Prosecutors and others have discovered a mountain of evidence inside the truck. Claim.
“The defendant escaped from the vehicle along with passenger Jennifer Sablan, and the contents of the U-Haul truck revealed that the duo was involved in other crimes, including identity theft,” Katz said in a statement. I stated.
The truck was said to have been rented using a fake name.
Investigators also discovered four notebooks containing financial details such as the name, address and Social Security number of Elmhurst residents who are allegedly victims of the robbery committed by Ferreira several months ago.
Ferreira is said to have used a postal service key on June 28 to steal packages and envelopes from residents' locked mailboxes at their Van Cleck Street apartment in Elmhurst.
Prosecutors said Ferreira's DNA was left in U-Haul's airbags and she was caught with the help of the NYPD, the Postal Inspection Service and the Secret Service.
Meanwhile, Sablan of the Bronx was charged with criminal possession of forged musical instruments, stolen property, possession of robbery tools and illegal possession of 59 counts of personal identification.
A Queens judge ordered an order held without bail, although Sablan's bail was set at $30,000 in cash.
When he was killed, Opiera was “the prime minister of his life,” and his family wrote on the GoFundMe page, where he is gathering money for funeral expenses.
“The driver and passengers of both women, U-Haul, fled miserably on foot to kill David on the street,” they wrote.
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