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Queens Hit-and-Run Suspect Warren Rollins Surrenders to Face Murder Charges

He is due back in Queens Criminal Court on July 17 to face charges that carry up to 25 years to life in prison.

The NYPD Highway Patrol investigates after Gary Charlotin was fatally struck by two vehicles that left the scene on Hempstead Ave. and 224th St. in Queens, New York on Sunday, December 10, 2023. (Gardiner Anderson for New York Daily News)
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Overview

  • Warren Rollins, 49, surrendered to police on June 3 at the 105th Precinct in Queens Village following an 18-month investigation into the December 2023 collision.
  • Prosecutors allege that after Osman Zavala-Varela’s Toyota Camry initially struck pedestrian Gary Charlotin, Rollins’s SUV ran over and dragged the 66-year-old for over 1,000 feet.
  • Rollins is indicted on second-degree murder, manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide and leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death.
  • Evidence from surveillance footage and DNA recovered from Rollins’s Chevrolet Traverse linked him to the crash, while Zavala-Varela faces related charges and a July 10 trial date.
  • At his arraignment, Rollins pleaded not guilty and his defense attorney emphasized his client’s right to be presumed innocent.