Luis Gonzalo Barrionuevo-Fuertes, the 18-year-old East Hampton High School graduate who was driving the car involved in a fatal accident in Springs on the evening of June 15, is scheduled to have his first appearance in Suffolk County Court in Riverhead on Wednesday morning, and faces a long list of new criminal charges.
Mr. Barrionuevo-Fuertes was arrested at the scene of the accident, which resulted in the death of a 19-year-old East Hampton High School student, Scarleth Milena Urgiles Samaniego, and sent six other teenage passengers to the hospital. He was arraigned before East Hampton Town Justice Steven Tekulsky the following afternoon, charged with aggravated driving while intoxicated with a child passenger less than 16, a felony, and the misdemeanors of first-offense D.W.I., and endangering the welfare of a child.
He now faces the additional felony charges of aggravated vehicular homicide, second-degree manslaughter, aggravated vehicular assault, second-degree vehicular manslaughter, two counts of second-degree assault by means of a deadly weapon, first-degree vehicular assault, and two counts of second-degree vehicular assault.
He has additionally been charged with the misdemeanors of first-offense D.W.I. with a blood alcohol content of .08 or higher, three counts of reckless third-degree assault, third-degree assault, and reckless driving, as well as a speed violation.
Melissa Aguanno, Mr. Barrionuevo-Fuertes's attorney, had said after his first arraignment that she received notice from the district attorney's office that it would be holding a grand jury proceeding on June 20 to determine whether additional charges could be brought against her client, and the New York State Unified Court System website has since been updated to reflect those new charges.
Mr. Barrionuevo-Fuertes is scheduled to appear before Suffolk County Court Judge Steven A. Pilewski at 9 a.m. on Wednesday to be arraigned on the new charges.
