COUNTY COURT
COUNTY OF ONONDAGA STATE OF NEW YORK
"HE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
Plaintiff
Indictment No, 2018-0252-I
VS. Index No. 18-2535
ANTHONY SACCONE.
Defendant
THE GRAND JURY OF THE COUNTY OF ONONDAGA by this indictment accuses
ANTHONY SACCONE
of the crime of OPERATING A MOTOR VEHICLE WHILE HAVING .08 OF ONE PER CENTUM OR
MORE BY WEIGHT OF ALCOHOL IN HIS BLOOD
in violation of Section 1192 (2)
of the Vehicle and Traffic Law of the State of New York
committed as follows
The said ANTHONY SACCONE, on or about the 23rd day of February, 2018, at the Town of Onondaga,
in this county, drove a motor vehicle while intoxicated, per se; 10 wit: the defendant operated a 2015 GMC
Acadia while having an approximate .18 blood alcohol content.
SECOND COUNT
AND THE AFORESAID GRAND JURY by this Indictment further accuses ANTHONY SACCONE of the
crime of OPERATING A MOTOR VEHICLE WHILE IN AN INTOXICATED CONDITION in violation of
Section 1192 (3) of the Vehicle and Tragic Law of the State of New York, committed as follows:
The said ANTHONY SACCONE, on or about the 23rd day of February, 2018, at the Town of Onondaga,
in this county, drove a motor vehicle while in an intoxicated condition, to wit: the defendant operated a 2015
GMC Acadia while having his ability to do so impaired by alcohol.
THIRD COUNT
AND THE AFORESAID GRAND JURY by this Indictment further accuses ANTHONY SACCONE of the
crime of OPERATING A MOTOR VEHICLE WHILE HIS ABILITY TO OPERATE SUCH MOTOR
VEHICLE WAS IMPAIRED BY THE COMBINED INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL AND A DRUG in
violation of Section 1192 (4-a) of the Vehicle and Traffic Law of the State of New York, committed as follows:
The said ANTHONY SACCONE, on or about the 23rd day of February, 2018, at the Town of Onondaga,
in this county, drove a motor vehicle while his ability to drive was impaired by the combined influence of
alcohol and a drug, to wit: the defendant operated a 2015 GMC Acadia while having his ability to do so
impaired by the combination of alcohol and cocaine.
FOURTH COUNT
AND THE AFORESAID GRAND JURY by this Indictment further accuses ANTHONY SACCONE of the
crime of RECKLESS DRIVING in violation of Section 1212 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law of the State of New
York, committed as follows:
The said ANTHONY SACCONE, on or about the 23rd day of February, 2018, at the Town of Onondaga,
in this county, recklessly drove a motor vehicle in a manner that unreasonably endangered users of the public
roadway, 10 wit: the defendant operated a 2015 GMC Acadia in a reckless manner by speeding, failing 10 obeya traffic marking, and failing to obey a traffic signal, crashing into another vehicle being operated on a public
highway,
FIFTH COUNT
AND THE AFORESAID GRAND JURY by this Indictment further accuses ANTHONY SACCONE of the
crime of MURDER IN THE SECOND DEGREE in violation of Section 125.25 (2) of the Penal Law of the
State of New York, committed as follows.
The said ANTHONY SACCONE, on or about the 23rd day of February, 2018, at the Town of
Onondaga, in this county, under circumstances evincing a depraved indifference to human life, recklessly
engaged in conduct which created a grave risk of death 10 another person, and thereby caused the death of
another person, 10 wit; the defendant began drinking at approximately 7-00 p.m. on the evening of Thursday,
February 22nd, 2018. Throughout the late evening of February 22", 2018, and early morning hours of
February 23", 2018, the defendant ingested alcoholic beverages and cocaine, At approximately 3:25 a.m. on
February 23", 2018, while in an intoxicated condition and under the influence of alcohol and cocaine, the
defendant drove a 2015 GMC Acadia towards his residence. While on Onondaga Boulevard, the defendant
began to accelerate the vehicle with the accelerator pressed to the floor, reaching a speed of approximately 77
miles per hour approximately 200 yards before reaching the traffic light at the intersection of Onondaga
Boulevard and Onondaga Road. The defendant crossed a double solid yellow line in violation of Vehicle and
Traffic Law § 1128 (a) and (d), reached a speed of 86 miles per hour on a roadway with a posted speed limit of
35 miles per hour in violation of Vehicle and Traffic Law § 1180 (d) while still depressing the accelerator, and
went through the red traffic light in violation of Vehicle and Traffic Law § 1111 (d) (1), crashing directly into a
2014 Chevrolet Impala, killing 20 year-old Samra Osmanovic. The defendant then fled the scene of the crash to
evade detection, hiding in his mother's house.
‘SIXTH COUNT
AND THE AFORESAID GRAND JURY by this Indictment further accuses ANTHONY SACCONE of the crime
of MURDER IN THE SECOND DEGREE in violation of Section 125.25 (2) of the Penal Law of the State of
New York, committed as follows
The said ANTHONY SACCONE, on or about the 23rd day of February, 2018, at the Town of
Onondaga, in this county, under circumstances evineing a depraved indifference to human life, recklessly
engaged in conduct which created a grave risk of death to another person, and thereby caused the death of
another person, to wit: as alleged in the FIFTH COUNT, but causing the death of 19 year-old Baylie Rose.
SEVENTH COUNT
AND THE AFORESAID GRAND JURY by this Indictment further accuses ANTHONY SACCONE of the crime
of MURDER IN THE SECOND DEGREE in violation of Section 125.25 (2) of the Penal Law of the State of
New York, committed as follows:
The said ANTHONY SACCONE, on or about the 23rd day of February, 2018, at the Town of
Onondaga, in this county, under circumstances evincing a depraved indifference to human life, recklessly
engaged in conduct which created a grave risk of death to another person, and thereby caused the death of
another person, to wit: as alleged in the FIFTH COUNT, but causing the death of 18 year-old Michael Walker.
EIGHTH COUNT
AND THE AFORESAID GRAND JURY by this Indictment further accuses ANTHONY SACCONE of the
crime of AGGRAVATED VEHICULAR HOMICIDE in violation of Section 125.14 (4) of the Penal Law of the
State of New York, committed as follows.
The said ANTHONY SACCONE, on or about the 23rd day of February, 2018, at the Town of Onondaga,
in this county, engaged in reckless driving and committed the crime of vehicular manslaughter in the second
degree and caused the death of more than one person, 10 wit: the defendant operated a 2015 GMC Acadia
under the combined influence of alcohol and drugs and engaging in reckless driving by speeding in excess of
the posted speed limit, crossing a double-solid line and driving through a red traffic light, causing the death of
20 year-old Samira Osmanovie, 19 year-old Baylie Rose, and 18 year-old Michael Walker.NINTH COUNT
AND THE AFORESAID GRAND JURY by this Indictment further accuses ANTHONY SACCONE of the
crime of LEAVING SCENE OF AN INCIDENT WITHOUT REPORTING violation of Section 600 (2) (a) of
the Vehicle and Traffic Law of the State of New York, committed as follows:
The said ANTHONY SACCONE, on or about the 23rd day of February, 2018, at the Town of Onondaga,
inthis county, knew or had cause to know that personal injury had been caused to another person, due to an
incident involving a motor vehicle operated by him, and did not, before leaving the scene where the injury
occurred, stop, and with no police officer in the vicinity, failed to report the incident as soon as he was
pigsically able, to wit: after causing a vehicular crash and knowing that he had caused physical injury, the
defendant fled the scene of the incident without reporting it to the police.
ICT ATTORNEY,
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