Cops: Valley Stream man intentionally hit acquaintance with car

A 20-year-old man was arrested after he intentionally hit an acquaintance with a car in a gas station parking lot Sunday in Valley Stream, police said.

Jeremy Nin, of N. Montgomery St., Valley Stream, was arrested at his home and charged with second-degree assault and with leaving the scene of an auto accident with injury without reporting it, Nassau County police said.

He is scheduled for arraignment Monday in First District Court in Hempstead.

Police said Nin was in front of his house when he saw the victim, whose identity was not released, walking east on West Merrick Road at about 9 a.m.

Nin, who police said knows the victim, then got in his car and followed the other man to a nearby BP gas station -- where Nin struck him with his car, sending the other man flying onto the car's hood.

Nin then drove home, leaving the victim in the lot, police said.

The victim suffered bruises and lacerations and was transported to a hospital for treatment, police said.

The nature of the dispute between the two men was not immediately known, police said.

Update: In 2016, Nin pleaded guilty to assault in the second degree and was sentenced to 5 years’ probation and a $500 fine, court records show. In 2018, Nin violated the terms of his probation and was resentenced to 10 months’ imprisonment, according to court documents.

By John Valenti

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John Valenti, a reporter at Newsday since 1981, has been honored nationally by the Associated Press and Society of the Silurians for investigative, enterprise and breaking news reporting, as well as column writing, and is the author of “Swee'pea,” a book about former New York playground basketball star Lloyd Daniels. Valenti is featured in the Emmy Award-winning ESPN 30-for-30 film “Big Shot.”