Julio Acevedo, the 44-year old man wanted for the hit and run crash while driving a BMW, which killed a young Brooklyn couple, surrendered to authorities in Pennsylvania on Wednesday evening, the NYPD announced. Acevedo was caught at the Turkey Hill Mini Mart on Route 68 in Bethlehem where they police made arrangements to meet the driver, according to the New York Post.
The arrangements were made by Acevedo's pal, Derrick Hamilton, who arrived with the Brooklyn North Warrant Violent Felony Squad and the U.S. Marshall Regional Task Force around 5:10 p.m. after cops picked him up at Grand Central Station on Wednesday.
Hamilton will not faces charges since he worked with cops to get Acevedo to turn himself in, cops said, the New York Post reported.
"His demeanor was unremarkable," said NYPD spokesman Paul Browne. Brooklyn North Officer Arthur Molnar told Acevedo he was under arrest for leaving the scene of an accident. He was cuffed from behind, making no statements to cops, and taken to a nearby state police barracks. It remains unclear what he was doing in Pennsylvania or how long he had been there.
The news came after a three-day manhunt for Acevedo, who faces charges over the Sunday hit-and-run deaths of Nachman and Raizy Glauber and ultimately their premature baby boy.
Acevedo, who was also hit for drunken driving two weeks prior to the high-speed crash, told ABC News/Channel 7 yesterday that he was fleeing a gunman in Fort Greene when he smashed into the couple. The newlyweds were on their way to the hospital.
Rabbi Abe Friedman, police liaison for the Williamsburg Jewish community said, "The community is greatly relieved and now the healing process will begin. Because while having him on the loose, we didn't have a chance to start healing."
