Monticello – A Queens man who passed a stopped school bus from Gershowitz Transportation in Liberty On March 14, was sentenced to probation and community service yesterday.
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Stephan Cucuteanu, 50, of Sunnyside, pleaded guilty on June 13 to first-degree reckless endangerment, a felony; and passing a stopped school bus, a traffic infraction, for speeding by with his white van on the right shoulder on Route 52, When a bus loaded with Liberty school kids stopped to let off an 11-year-old girl.
The District Attorney had asked the judge to impose six months in jail and five years of felony probation, but the judge noted that Cucuteanu never even had a traffic ticket before this, so he reached a compromise, He sentenced him to probation and 100 hours of community service to include speaking to other drivers about his crime; and $1,250 in fines.
Or any child
Everybody out there, especialy in brooklyn, dont pass that school bus with red flashers, it might be your family.
In the city its a joke as long as the cops give out enough parking tickets and eat enough donuts the city is happy
I wish that in the city they would be as serious about this too.