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New York DWI Manslaughter Leaves One Alive

By Conaway and Strickler

The nydailynews.com website reported in an article on February 9th, that a woman who described herself as the mother of New Jersey officer Martin Abreu, 25, was placing the blame of the car accident on the dead female victim and the other pedestrian who was seriously injured. Abreu is accused of driving under the influence in New York behind the wheel of a Toyota Camry when he ran over the pedestrians as they returned home to Battery Park City from a night of dancing shortly after 3:30 a.m. Abreu?s mother claimed that the couple was crossing West St. against the light. She said, ?It was her (the dead victim?s) fault.? Police refused to declare whether the couple had crossed against the light or not in this New York violent crime. Having no shame, the women continued with her absurd statements saying, ?So my son went out and had a couple of drinks...continue to full post

Full post as published by Georgia Criminal Defense Blog on March 20, 2009 (boomark / email).