{"id":388504,"date":"2026-10-31T01:18:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-31T01:18:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/388504\/"},"modified":"2026-10-31T01:18:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T01:18:09","slug":"boozed-up-nyc-driver-who-hit-kids-adults-at-nyc-halloween-event-charged-with-vehicular-assault-cops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/388504\/","title":{"rendered":"Boozed-up NYC driver who hit kids, adults at NYC Halloween event charged with vehicular assault: cops"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The boozed-up driver who allegedly veered onto the sidewalk \u2013<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/10\/29\/us-news\/nyc-drunk-driver-plows-into-nypd-halloween-event-injuring-4-including-child\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> hitting kids and adults<\/a> attending an NYPD precinct Halloween event on Thursday \u2013 was charged with vehicular assault, cops said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Michael Marsh, 56, was driving with a .26 blood alcohol level when he allegedly careened his van into the middle of a \u201cTrunk or Treat\u201d event outside the 83rd Precinct stationhouse on Knickerbocker Avenue near Bleecker Street in Bushwick, law enforcement sources said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Six people were struck \u2013 a 31-year-old woman and her two daughters, 6 and 11, an 8-year-old boy and 74-year-old woman; and a 53-year-old woman, according to the NYPD. All were listed in stable condition.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.33333333;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"   data-modal-image=\"41606435\" width=\"787\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/2026-brooklyn-least-5-injuries-146888449.jpg\" alt=\"Emergency personnel and vehicles at the scene of a multiple-vehicle crash outside the NYPD's 83rd Precinct in Brooklyn.\" class=\"wp-image-41606435\"\/>Michael Marsh, 56, was charged with vehicular assault after allegedly driving drunk into an NYPD Halloween event in Brooklyn, injuring 6 people. David Burns for NY Post<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49053857;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"   data-modal-image=\"41606432\" width=\"879\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/2026-brooklyn-least-5-injuries-146888660.jpg\" alt=\"Emergency personnel and bystanders gather at the scene of a vehicle crash outside the NYPD 83rd Precinct.\" class=\"wp-image-41606432\"\/>Marsh had a .26 blood alcohol level when he crashed his van at the \u201cTrunk or Treat\u201d event outside the 83rd Precinct stationhouse on Knickerbocker Avenue near Bleecker Street in Bushwick. David Burns for NY Post<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA little girl, her arm is peeled off, literally,\u201d one mother who attended the event with her 9-year-old daughter said at the scene. \u201cThe lady injured her leg, and then one of the ladies, the back of her head was injured, and she has a hole in the back of her head.\u201d \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Marsh also allegedly struck a private ambulance stationed outside for the event, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p>The Crown Heights resident was also <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/10\/14\/us-news\/brooklyn-motorist-arrested-after-directing-antisemitic-comment-at-victim-in-jewish-nabe\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">charged with reckless endangerment<\/a>, three raps related to driving while intoxicated, as well as driving on the sidewalk and driving without a seatbelt, police said.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStart your day with all you need to know\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"inline-module__cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMorning Report delivers the latest news, videos, photos and more.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>His passenger, a 46-year-old woman, was set to be issued a summons for a traffic infraction, authorities said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Marsh does not have a recent criminal record <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/10\/05\/us-news\/man-killed-passenger-critically-injured-in-brooklyn-crash-as-cops-hunt-driver-who-fled-scene\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">in the Big Apple<\/a>, but racked up three busts for robberies in 1999 alone, police said.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The boozed-up driver who allegedly veered onto the sidewalk \u2013 hitting kids and adults attending an NYPD precinct&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":388505,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[98,8077,245,57,9,24,56,63,65,64,103,58],"class_list":["post-388504","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-brooklyn","tag-drunk-driving","tag-halloween","tag-metro","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-headlines","tag-nyc-news","tag-nypd","tag-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/388504","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=388504"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/388504\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/388505"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=388504"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=388504"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=388504"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}