New York Strip Clubs: Charge upgraded to vehicular manslaug…
Rockland prosecutors today upgraded a criminal charge to vehicular manslaughter against a 20-year-old Suffern man accused of having a blood-alcohol level twice the legal limit when he crashed his car and caused the death of a childhood friend.
Brian L. Frankel this morning pleaded not guilty to the felony charge of second-degree vehicular manslaughter and a misdemeanor count of driving while intoxicated in Clarkstown Justice Court.
Frankel was released on $2,500 bail set by Justice Craig Johns. His driver’s license was suspended automatically based on the DWI charge.
Frankel is accused of causing the death of Dominic Zeoli, 21, of Suffern, while driving drunk and crashing a 2003 Ford Mustang on the New York State Thruway at 1:44 a.m. Aug. 16.
Frankel was driving from a bachelor party for Zeoli’s brother at a West Nyack strip club on Route 303.