Driver mistakenly faced felony in pedestrian death
Photo credit: Stringer news | A Uniondale man, 21, was arrested and charged with vehicular assault following an accident on Old Country Road Wednesday night in Westbury. (Aug. 18, 2010)
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Nassau prosecutors mistakenly charged a Uniondale driver, accused of killing a pedestrian, with a felony carrying a tough prison sentence, only to be forced to withdraw the charge just before his arraignment after realizing that version of the law didn't exist.
Patrick Noel, 21, was awaiting arraignment in a Mineola courtroom Thursday, expecting to be charged with a felony known as "Elle's...
