Police arrested a 34-year-old Queens man nearly one year after the truck driver fatally struck a cyclist in Brooklyn, the NYPD said.
The victim’s husband, however, said the news was cold comfort.
Akilo Cadogan, 34, was arrested around 8:30 a.m. in connection with the hit-and-run that killed 56-year-old Brooklyn resident Eugene Schroeder on March 10, 2023, police said. Cadogan was arraigned in Brooklyn criminal court and charged with leaving an accident resulting in a death, according to court records.
Schroeder’s husband, John Rappaport said he was still processing news of the arrest Thursday evening.
“I don’t know, it’s complicated. I don’t feel anything right now because I’ve been going through so much,” he told Gothamist. “Can you imagine somebody that you lived with for 17 years, that was supposed to come home, was killed by somebody and left him like a rat in the street, like a flattened rat?”
Police said the crash happened at 11:30 p.m. on Morgan and Johnson Avenues in Bushwick, Brooklyn. Schroeder was riding his bicycle in a marked bike lane when he came to a stop on the passenger side of a 2012 Volvo truck at the intersection, according to the NYPD.
Officials alleged Cadogan hit Schroeder, who suffered severe head trauma, as he was making a right onto Johnson Avenue. He was taken to Elmhurst hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Cadogan pleaded not guilty to the charges on Thursday. His attorney was not reachable for comment.
Rappaport, who has waited almost a year to see an arrest, said he wants justice for his late husband and had hoped the charges would be more severe.
“I know what the charges are, it’s not what they originally were talking about. And it’s very frustrating,” he said. “I’m just following along, but it’s hard. It’s painful. It’s painful, painful, painful.”
Schroeder was a DJ who worked late nights at Hell’s Kitchen clubs like Ritz, Therapy and Barrage, according to his Soundcloud page.
Rappaport said he didn’t…
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