Overview

• Bekim Fiseku was taken into custody on June 23 and charged with second-degree murder and related counts over the October 22 crash that killed cyclist Amanda Servedio in Queens.
• Authorities say Fiseku fled officers who were responding to a burglary in Long Island City, struck Servedio with his pickup during a near-mile chase into Astoria, and abandoned the vehicle after the collision.
• Fiseku, on federal supervised release since February 2023, has a criminal history stretching back to the 1990s, including convictions for bank robbery and home invasion and documented ties to the Bonanno crime family.
• The October collision prompted NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch to limit pursuit authorizations to the most serious felonies, and the department’s internal review of the chase remains incomplete.
• Amanda Servedio’s parents have joined Families for Safe Streets to campaign for enhanced road-safety measures in New York City.