A Freeport man pleaded guilty Friday to stealing a Hicksville resident’s vehicle at gunpoint and then intentionally crashing into a police vehicle after officers had trapped him in Fayette Elementary School's parking lot.
According to police, Remick Menjivar, 19, pleaded guilty this morning to first-degree robbery and second-degree assault in exchange for a promised prison sentence of 14 years from Judge William Donnino.
The Nassau County District Attorney’s office advocated for a 20-year prison sentence. He will be sentenced on March 15.
Just before noon on March 20, 2012, Menjivar and another man, Edwin Flores, 21, of Hicksville, approached a male victim standing in his Hicksville driveway. Menjivar pulled out a black 9 mm Republic Arms semi-automatic handgun and demanded the victim’s keys, wallet and cell phone. Menjivar then got into the victim’s 2006 Infiniti G35 and fled the scene, followed by Flores in a black 2011 Toyota Corolla.
Responding police officers soon located the stolen Infiniti and attempted to pull Menjivar over. Menjivar attempted to evade officers and pulled into the parking lot of the Fayette Elementary School in North Merrick.
Menjivar, trapped in a parking lot with only one exit, accelerated at an approaching police car and crashed head-on into it and then into the school building. Menjivar tried to flee after the crash but was immediately apprehended. Several officers were injured, one of whom suffered a serious head injury.
Flores was located and arrested in Freeport. The Corolla he was driving had been stolen during a March 16, 2012 carjacking in Bellerose. Flores pleaded guilty to first-degree robbery and is awaiting sentencing.
“A violent criminal with his back against the wall is a very dangerous thing, especially one armed with a firearm and a stolen vehicle,” District Attorney Kathleen Rice said. “These dedicated officers, however, thought not of their own wellbeing but of the safety of the community, and stood their ground.”
Assistant District Attorney Everett Witherell of the DA’s Major Offense Bureau is prosecuting the case. Menjivar is represented by Michael Albert, Esq.
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Zach T May 17, 2013 at 07:20 pm
The School board is a bunch of morons if they want to remove this designation! There were 0 problems…Read More like this when Malucci was in office, this new superintendent is a waste of space, money, and cares more about his own paycheck then our kids! Between school security, and now this, I motion that we get rid of that skell!
Dr. Kim Lurie May 16, 2013 at 12:54 pm
Bless you, Anthony. And though I know ultimately the "Judge" will have to be held…Read More accountable by a higher authority...those of us who do this work, have not forgotten nor will we allow the system to forget what her role in this travesity was.
Anthony Merlo May 16, 2013 at 10:24 am
Thank you for this wonderful article on a good man pushed to the brink. I appriciate the fact this…Read More came form the heart and did not hold back. As Sacristan at Cure of Ars, I had the pleasure of working with Dr. Rich (as I called him) for some time. He was a man of faith and a pleasure to see. Always with a smile and kind word, you would never know what was going on the way he acted. This was a wonderful and insightful article. It is heartbreaking to think that where there was once love between 2 people, things got to the point where one persons life was destroyed by those who could and did for no apparent reason other than having the ability to do so. God will have mercy on Dr. Rich and the ex-wife and "Judge" should pray for the same given their actions.
helen turner May 13, 2013 at 07:58 am
i did forget to mention my maiden name - McKinney - there might be an old timer or two who might…Read More remember the McKinney family - my father was an artist who many people knew
Michael Ganci (Editor) May 10, 2013 at 04:08 pm
Can you add a photo to this? If so, I can promote in top news for you! Thanks! MG