In response, the Sherriff s Office said that the injuries sustained by the deputy were misdiagnosed by the emergency room physician, and that he was still out of work on medical leave as a result of the incident. Sergeant Matos is the victim of a crime, an assault using deadly physical force, and his attacker calling for anyone s resignation is genuinely absurd, the office said.
Last Friday, Presti was charged with unlicensed sale of alcohol and operating an unlicensed bottle club, prosecutors said. He however was not charged for the alleged assault on the sheriff s deputy, the charges for which were dropped.
Staten Island Autonomous Zone Bar Owner Won t Be Prosecuted For Allegedly Driving Into Sheriff s Deputy
arrow Mac s Public House co-owner Danny Presti attends a press conference outside his closed bar in Staten Island in early December. Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/AP/Shutterstock
The co-owner of a Staten Island pub infamous for defying city and state COVID-19 health restrictions has avoided felony charges after he allegedly drove into a sheriff s deputy who was trying to detain him outside his bar on December 6th.
Daniel Presti, 34, faced charges including felony second degree assault causing physical injury to an officer, reckless endangerment, and reckless driving for the incident. But after hearing testimony from Presti, a Staten Island grand jury decided to charge him with only two misdemeanors for allegedly selling alcohol inside the bar, Mac s Public House, without a license.
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A bar owner who struck a New York City sheriff’s deputy with a car last month will only face criminal charges alleging he served patrons indoors in defiance of state coronavirus restrictions.
Mac’s Public House co-owner Daniel Presti has been indicted on misdemeanor charges of selling alcohol without a license and operating an unlicensed bottle club, Staten Island prosecutors said Friday. A grand jury that heard evidence in the case, including Presti’s testimony, did not charge him in connection with a Dec. 6 incident in which authorities say he got into his car to flee arrest, struck a sheriff’s deputy and drove about 100 yards (90 meters) as the deputy clung to the hood.
Staten Island DA Quietly Purchased Controversial Facial Recognition Software
arrow Staten Island District Attorney Michael McMahon at an April 2019 protest against tax fraud. Steven Ferdman / Shutterstock
In 2019, the Staten Island District Attorney’s Office quietly purchased software from Clearview AI, a controversial facial recognition company. Unlike traditional facial recognition tools, which draw on government databases of mugshots or driver’s licenses, Clearview’s expansive program allows users to search for potential face matches from over three billion photos scraped from sites such as Facebook, LinkedIn, Venmo, and YouTube. Users upload the image of a person of interest, and the program returns photos deemed to look similar with links to the corresponding websites.