A Brooklyn man accused in the horrific hit-and-run crash that killed an Orthodox Jewish couple and their unborn child is still avoiding his role in the crash, continuing to call their deaths an “accident,” according a new report.
“I can’t bring ’em back, it was an accident,” Julio Acevedo told WABC in a jailhouse interview. “I apologize deeply.”
Acevedo is charged in the 70 m.p.h hit-and-run on March 3 that resulted in the deaths of Nachman and Raizel Glauber and their son, who died after a C-section. He has pleaded not guilty to the manslaughter charges.
Acevedo crassly bemoans the fact the he’s “made out to be the monster in all this.”
“Sure I played a part. I couldn’t stop. Accidents happen. I’m sad. It was a tragedy,” Acevedo said.
Acevedo also says he would not have left the scene of the crash if given the chance to do things differently. In reality, the speed demon fled to Pennsylvania where he agreed to turn himself in four days later.
Acevedo blames “what he went through in 1987” as the reason for going on the run.
In 1989, he was found guilty of killing Kelvin “50 Cent” Martin, but the conviction was overturned when he argued he was kidnapped and threatened with death unless he pulled off the hit.
In the interview, Acevedo claims the gangster was his “best friend at the time” and that he was “forced to kill him.”
His claim was backed up by a crook involved in the killing who turned government informant and testified about Martin’s murder in another case, documents show.
After his conviction was vacated, Acevedo pleaded guilty to manslaughter, received a lighter sentence, and was released.