A Kings Park man arrested in August for drunken driving pleaded not guilty after a grand jury indictment charging him with vehicular manslaughter, assault and other crimes was unsealed at Suffolk County court in Riverhead on Thursday.
Rodrigo Ramirez-Vega, 25, struck a van driven by 58-year-old Kenneth Lesser of Commack at the intersection of Harned Road and New Highway in Commack on Aug. 18, Suffolk prosecutors said. Lesser was pronounced dead at the scene.
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Investigators said Vega was speeding southbound on Harned Road and ran a red light. He pleaded not guilty to charges of manslaughter, vehicular manslaughter, assault, operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol.
Judge William Condon remanded Vega to Suffolk County jail.
Tags: commack, DWI, Kenneth Lesser, Kings Park, Rodrigo Ramirez-Vega, vehicular manslaughter
What part of “Kings Park” does this man come from?
Why does it seems that a disproportionate number of these reports concern indiviudals who seem to be part of the spanish community?
Is there in fact a problem in this community which needs to be addressed?
I would hope that the leadership of the spanish community are already looking into these incidents as they seem to be both serious in nature and increasing in number.