The fugitive wanted in a weekend hit-and-run that killed a young Brooklyn couple and their infant son surrendered meekly to police Wednesday outside a Pennsylvania mini-mart.
Julio Acevedo, 44, was greeted and grabbed by a team of law enforcement officials as he strolled into the parking lot of a Turkey Hill store in Bethlehem, Pa., at 5:10 p.m.
The hotly-pursued suspect was whisked away and transferred into an SUV with New York plates, ending a intense four-day manhunt for the missing driver.
“He walked up to the car and got in,” a witness told the Daily News. “No words or nothing.”
Acevedo, wearing a light blue hooded sweatshirt and a blank expression, was immediately surrounded by five officers and cuffed outside the Pennsylvania store.
“Plans are underway now to extradite him to New York in connection with the car crash that took the lives of the young couple and their child,” said NYPD spokesman Paul Browne.
The NYPD confirmed Acevedo said nothing as he was led away by police. The suspect was provided with a description of the unmarked police cars waiting for his arrival, and he walked directly to one of the vehicles, Browne said.
“His demeanor was calm or unremarkable,” the spokesman said. “He knew this moment was coming because we arranged it in advance.”
Cops were in touch with Derrick Hamilton, a friend of the suspect, prior to the arrest in the lot just off Interstate 78, Browne said. Acevedo had announced his intention to surrender a day earlier.
Acevedo went on the run immediately after the 12:30 a.m. Sunday wreck in Williamsburg, leaving Nachman and Raizel Glauber, both 21, mortally wounded.
The suspect had been driving a friend’s BMW at double the 30 mph when he T-boned a livery cab carrying the husband and his pregnant wife to a Brooklyn hospital.
The Glaubers were killed in the terrifying wreck. Doctors delivered the couple’s tiny son after the tragedy, but the premature newborn perished a day later.
Authorities could increasing the charges to include manslaughter.
The father of two boasts a rap sheet dating back 27 years, including a 1987 bust for manslaughter when he gunned down his best friend, Kelvin Martin — a Brooklyn street legend known as “50 Cent.”
Rapper Curtis Jackson later adopted the nickname before launching his platinum-selling career.
Acevedo, in an exclusive interview with the News, insisted that he only fled the scene of the post-midnight wreck because he was being shot at by an old street antagonist.
Cops later said there were no reports of shots fired before the BMW slammed into the side of the cab on Kent St. Acevedo was busted on a DWI rap just two weeks before the deadly two-car collision.
By Rocco Parascandola , Oren Yaniv AND Larry Mcshane / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
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