A former FBI agent has been indicted on federal charges after prosecutors say he struck a pedestrian while driving the wrong way down a Brooklyn street in an agency vehicle, then tried to hide what happened by dragging the unconscious man to a bench rather than calling for help.
Andrew Reyes, 30, was arrested Thursday morning, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York in Brooklyn. He had already been fired from the FBI as the agency investigated the crash.
Prosecutors say the incident happened around 6 a.m. on Feb. 3 near the intersection of Ocean Parkway and Beverley Road in Kensington. Reyes was allegedly driving an FBI-issued Chevy Impala against the flow of traffic with his emergency lights activated when he hit a man who was crossing the street.
The man was knocked unconscious when he fell to the pavement, court papers say. Rather than call for medical help, Reyes allegedly stopped his car, pulled the man from the street, and dragged him across the sidewalk to a nearby bench. He then allegedly retrieved the victim’s bag and set it beside him, leaving him
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