Man pleads not guilty to gun possession after alleged attempted hit and run
A man caught in an alleged Crown Heights hit-and-run attempt, busted for having a handgun at the scene, was arraigned in Brooklyn’s federal court on Friday for gun possession, court officials said.
Robert St. Hilaire appeared before Judge Leo Glasser after he was indicted for being found carrying a handgun when leaving the scene of a Nov. 24 car accident.
When a pair of NYPD officers appeared at Schenectady Avenue and President Street, the scene showed a Honda Accord had hit the driver side of a Chevy Impala. The Honda was believed to had been driven by St. Hilaire, according to court documents.