Wrong-way driving FBI agent ran over man in Brooklyn — and brazenly tried to cover it up: feds
An FBI agent ran over a pedestrian in Brooklyn while driving against traffic — then brazenly dragged his unconscious victim onto a bench rather than call for help, a shocking new indictment alleges.
Andrew Reyes, 30, fled the scene of the early-morning Feb.3 Kensington crash in his agency-issued Chevy Impala blasting emergency lights, according to the Brooklyn US Attorney’s Office.
The fed — who was arrested Thursday morning after being canned amid an investigation into the episode — was driving against traffic with his emergency lights on at Ocean Parkway and Beverley Road at around 6 a.m. when he rammed into a man crossing the street, prosecutors say.
The victim was knocked out cold after falling to the pavement, court papers say. After stopping his car, Reyes then dragged the man from the street and across the sidewalk to a nearby bench. As part of his failed coverup, he then allegedly retrieved his victim’s bag and placed it next to him on the bench, leaving the man “severely injured and unattended,” the feds say.
“The defendant’s alleged conduct demonstrated a shocking disregard for human life and his sworn oath to uphold the law,” Brooklyn US Attorney Joe Nocella said in a statement.
Reyes then allegedly compounded his crimes by lying to watchdogs in the Justice Department’s inspector general’s office by claiming in a May interview that he’d never hit someone in his FBI vehicle and failed to report it, the indictment says.
The victim of the crash survived the incident, and court papers did not reveal the extent of his injuries.
Reyes, who joined the FBI in 2023 and had been assigned to the bureau’s New York field office, was set to make his first appearance in Brooklyn federal court Thursday afternoon.
He faces up to 10 years in prison if convicted on charges of willfully depriving an individual of his constitutional rights while acting under color of law and making false statements.
It was not immediately clear Thursday afternoon which attorney was representing him in court.