Frank Labidi, charged in killing of 2 Long Island women in crash, has bail revoked after he violates terms of release
Frank Labidi appears in court Wednesday. Credit: Jim Staubitser
A Nassau County judge revoked the bail of a Farmingville man accused of killing two young women in a high-speed crash after detectives caught him driving on a suspended license weeks after the wreck.
State Supreme Court Justice Robert Bogle ordered Frank Labidi, 24, remanded into the custody of county jail authorities for violating the terms of his $500,000 cash bail.
A judge had suspended Labidi’s driver’s license in January after he was arrested and charged with two counts of second-degree manslaughter and two counts of second-degree assault following a high-speed crash of the BMW he was driving in Hicksville that killed EMTs Lindsey Parke and Alexa Duryea, both 19 years old.
A grand jury also indicted Labidi on Tuesday on charges of aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle after they were presented evidence, including video, sales receipts, social media posts, toll records and witness statements, that showed Labidi driving just three weeks after the deadly crash.
WHAT NEWSDAY FOUND
- A judge revoked the bail for Frank Labidi, 24, of Farmingville, after he was found to have violated the terms of his release following a fatal crash.
- Labidi had been charged with two counts of manslaughter for the high-speed crash that killed Lindsey Parke and Alexa Duryea in January.
- On Tuesday, he was also indicted for aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle after he was caught driving out of state several times.
Defense attorney Peter Menoudakos declined to comment on the new charges or the bail revocation.
Prosecutors claim Labidi topped 80 mph on West Old Country Road on Jan. 23 when he lost control of his BMW M5, crossed the centerline and slammed into a tree, killing both women.
Nassau County District Attorney Anne Donnelly said he had put $35,000 worth of performance-enhancing equipment in the car to make it faster but less stable.
Labidi was also injured in the crash and wore his arm in a sling for several court appearances.
Prosecutors said despite the fatal crash, Labidi went right back to driving. On Feb. 12, he rented a trailer from a U-Haul in East Patchogue, hitching it to his 2019 Dodge Ram 2500 truck to tow a Toyota Prius. He has a business selling used cars.
Although he had to surrender his license, Labidi kept a duplicate driver’s license that he used to show the rental company, prosecutors said in court papers.
On April 6, he rented another trailer, this time from East Islip, and drove his truck to Massachusetts to retrieve a 2010 Toyota Prius and drive it back to Long Island, prosecutors said.
The prosecution’s motion shows photos of Labidi driving his truck and in the U-Haul rental office. The district attorney’s office presented photos of his truck driving across the Throggs Neck, Alexander Hamilton, George Washington and Whitestone bridges.
"Despite his reckless, devastating actions while driving on Jan. 23, 2026, this defendant shows absolutely no remorse for the lives of Lindsey Parke and Alexa Duryea, and shows no respect to this Court by continuing to drive in direct violation of this Court’s order," Nassau County Assistant District Attorney James Taglienti wrote in his brief.
He added that Labidi poses a flight risk and is "a danger to other motorists on the roadway while at liberty."
The devastated parents and family of Parke and Duryea have appeared at every hearing for Labidi since his arrest.
"I'm kind of happy he's off the street," Edward Parke, Lindsey’s father, said after the hearing. "It gives our daughters a little bit of justice."
Lindsey’s mother, Annette Sitzman-Parke, said Labidi’s actions show his arrogance and disregard for the law.
"He didn't take what he did to the girls seriously, nor did he take the court seriously, nor did he take other people's lives seriously," she told Newsday. "Driving is a serious thing, and his driver's license was revoked for a reason, and he flat out went out and drove, and didn't care and used the duplicate. ... He thought he could get away with it."
Parke and Duryea both graduated from BOCES and had volunteered in emergency services on Long Island. Parke, an avid baker and car racing fan, had just started working in a local hospital. Duryea attended John Jay College of Criminal Justice, studying forensic science.
They were out playing pool and getting ice cream just before the crash.
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