The fugitive wanted in a weekend hit-and-run that
killed a young Brooklyn couple and their infant son surrendered meekly to
police Wednesday outside a Pennsylvania mini-mart.
Julio Acevedo, 44, was greeted
and grabbed by a team of law enforcement officials as he strolled into the
parking lot of a Turkey Hill store in Bethlehem, Pa., at 5:10 p.m.
The hotly-pursued suspect was whisked away and
transferred into an SUV with New York plates, ending a intense four-day manhunt
for the missing driver.
“He walked up to the car and got in,” a witness
told the Daily News. “No words or nothing.”
Acevedo, wearing a light blue hooded sweatshirt and
a blank expression, was immediately surrounded by five officers and cuffed
outside the Pennsylvania store.
“Plans are underway now to extradite him to New
York in connection with the car crash that took the lives of the young couple
and their child,” said NYPD spokesman Paul Browne.
The NYPD confirmed Acevedo said nothing as he was
led away by police. The suspect was provided with a description of the unmarked
police cars waiting for his arrival, and he walked directly to one of the
vehicles, Browne said.
“His demeanor was calm or unremarkable,” the spokesman said. “He knew this moment was coming because we arranged it in advance.”
Det. Arthur Molnar of the Brooklyn North Violent Felony Squad “told him he
was under arrest for leaving the scene of an accident,” said Browne.
Cops were in touch with Derrick Hamilton, a friend of the suspect, prior to the arrest in the lot just off Interstate 78, Browne said. Acevedo had announced his intention to surrender a day earlier.
Acevedo went on the run immediately after the 12:30 a.m. Sunday wreck in Williamsburg, leaving Nachman and Raizel Glauber, both 21, mortally wounded.
Cops were in touch with Derrick Hamilton, a friend of the suspect, prior to the arrest in the lot just off Interstate 78, Browne said. Acevedo had announced his intention to surrender a day earlier.
Acevedo went on the run immediately after the 12:30 a.m. Sunday wreck in Williamsburg, leaving Nachman and Raizel Glauber, both 21, mortally wounded.
The suspect had been driving a friend’s BMW at
double the 30 mph when he T-boned a livery cab carrying the husband and his
pregnant wife to a Brooklyn hospital.
The Glaubers were killed in the terrifying wreck. Doctors delivered the couple’s tiny son after the tragedy, but the premature newborn perished a day later.
Authorities could increasing the charges to include
manslaughter.
The father of two boasts a rap sheet dating back 27
years, including a 1987 bust for manslaughter when he gunned down his best
friend, Kelvin Martin — a Brooklyn street legend known as “50 Cent.”
Rapper Curtis Jackson later adopted the nickname
before launching his platinum-selling career.
Acevedo, in an exclusive interview with the News,
insisted that he only fled the scene of the post-midnight wreck because he was
being shot at by an old street antagonist.
Cops later said there were no reports of shots
fired before the BMW slammed into the side of the cab on Kent St. Acevedo was
busted on a DWI rap just two weeks before the deadly two-car collision.
By Rocco Parascandola , Oren Yaniv AND Larry Mcshane / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
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