Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark announced on Tuesday, Jan. 18, that a Bronx man has been charged with criminally negligent homicide and other charges, following a deadly crash on East Fordham Road last summer.

 

In the context of the announcement, Clark said, “The defendant’s alleged reckless actions led to the death of a woman and injuring of a second woman. Instead of staying on scene to help and take responsibility for his actions, the defendant allegedly fled and then falsely claimed his car was stolen to obtain financial compensation.”

 

Clark said the defendant, Demoy Adams, 35, of Spencer Avenue in the Riverdale section of the Bronx, was arraigned on Tuesday on charges of leaving the scene of an incident without reporting, third-degree insurance fraud, criminally negligent homicide, fourth-degree insurance fraud, third degree grand larceny, two charges of first-degree offering a false instrument for filing, two counts of second-degree offering a false instrument for filing, third-degree assault, reckless driving, and fifth-degree insurance fraud before Bronx Supreme Court Justice Marsha Michael.

 

According to the investigation, and as reported, on Aug. 28, 2021, at approximately 8:42 p.m. Adams was driving his BMW 5 Series on East Fordham Road near Morris Avenue in the Fordham Manor section of the Bronx. Video surveillance showed his vehicle weaving through traffic, recklessly, and overtaking the curb before striking Murielle Gousse, who was standing on a sidewalk. She was killed in the crash. A pedestrian who was standing near Gousse was struck by debris and was injured.

 

Adams was captured on surveillance video near his home hours after the crash. His car was tracked to New Jersey auto repair shop and recovered. The investigation then found the defendant reported his vehicle stolen to the NYPD and his insurance company, despite it being recovered and in NYPD custody.

 

The case is being prosecuted by Assistant District Attorney Katerina Kurteva of trial bureau 70, under the supervision of Jeffrey Kimelman, chief of the vehicular crimes unit, and Jessica Lupo, deputy chief of trial bureau 70, under the overall supervision of James Brennan, deputy chief of the trial division, and Theresa Gottlieb, chief of the trial division.

 

Clark thanked Jamece Hill, trial preparation assistant of the vehicular crimes unit for assistance in the investigation, as well as Peter Kennedy, chief of the technical investigation bureau, Selena Ley and Oladimeji Gbolade of the technical investigation bureau, and Gregory Gianacopulos from the NYPD highway district collision investigation squad.

 

A person arrested and accused of a crime is innocent unless and until proven guilty in a court of law.

 

The defendant is due back in court on March 8, 2022.