Joshua Roston was sentenced to between 25 years and life in prison for running over the immigrant manager of a gas station and fleeing without paying on Long Island (NY).
Cemal Dagdeviren, 59, who also called himself John, was a gas station attendant in Baldwin, Nassau County, he recalled. Fox News. In January 2019, I was working when Roston, 37, He tried to leave the station without paying for the $22 worth of gasoline he had loaded.
Dagdeviren confronted Roston about not paying for fuel and tried to stop him from driving away by standing in front of the vehicle. That’s when, according to the police, The driver accelerated, ran over the manager and left him to die.
Dagdeviren’s family said that even after Friday’s sentencing, the healing process will take time. They described the victim as a selfless person who came to the United States from Türkiye and worked hard to live the American dream.
“Whether it was an apartment or someone who needed gifts, he was always helping others,” his son Ceyhun said.
Roston, who prosecutors say attempted to steal gasoline from other stations and had a prior conviction for a felony, He left the courthouse in handcuffs after being sentenced. He referred to Dagdeviren’s death as a terrible accident.
The defense attorney, Joseph Lo Piccolo, plan to file an appeal. “He was absolutely wrong to leave the scene of the accident, but he maintains that he had no intention of killing the deceased and is remorseful,” he stated.
According to Nassau County District Attorney Anne Donnelly, Roston’s remorse is little consolation. “All Roston had to do was stop, and he didn’t,” she said.
In September, a 33-year-old Ecuadorian immigrant was shot to death during an alleged robbery outside a gas station near his home in Brooklyn (NYC).
In March, a 51-year-old man was shot in the head while pumping gas at a gas station in The Bronx (NYC).
In January an argument at a gas station in Alto Manhattan (NYC) sparked a chain reaction crash that sent a car hurtling into a restaurant window, injuring about 20 diners.
In November 2022, a gas station employee in The Bronx (NYC) was shot in the head while working. That same month, a 23-year-old Guatemalan man died after being hit with a wooden board during a confrontation with a group of men in front of a gas station in Queens (NYC).
In October 2022, a thief beat a gas station employee in Brooklyn (NYC) while his two accomplices robbed the establishment, the New York police reported when releasing a video of the attack.
In the summer of 2019, a 51-year-old Mexican driver was killed by her own vehicle after washing it at a gas station in Queens.
2023-12-09 18:33:00
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