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Bronx Woman Arrested in 2023 Fatal Hit-and-Run of Car Wash Worker

After pleading not guilty in Bronx Criminal Court, Bryant was ordered held on $250,000 cash bail or $750,000 bond.

The worker was using a cloth to shine a black Toyota RAV4 just outside the 24-hour car wash on Webster Ave. near E. 167th St. in Claremont when he was fatally struck about 5:20 a.m., police said. (Theodore Parisienne/for New York Daily News)
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Overview

  • Bryant was arrested July 31 at her Morrisania home by the NYPD Warrants Squad, ending a more than two-year manhunt.
  • She faces an 11-count indictment including manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide, vehicular manslaughter, driving while intoxicated, and leaving the scene of an accident.
  • At her Bronx Criminal Court arraignment, she pleaded not guilty and was ordered held on $250,000 cash bail or a $750,000 bond.
  • Investigators used surveillance footage and eyewitness accounts to link Bryant to the February 19, 2023 collision that killed 47-year-old Felix Thomas Bontia as he dried a Toyota RAV4 on Webster Avenue.
  • A front-seat passenger fled the scene and remains at large, highlighting ongoing challenges in hit-and-run investigations and calls for community accountability.