Brooklyn, New York: Former FBI Agent Andrew Reyes Charged After Hit-and-Run Left a Pedestrian on a Bench

Federal prosecutors in Brooklyn unsealed an indictment on Thursday, November 5, charging a former FBI special agent over a hit-and-run that left a pedestrian severely injured. Andrew Reyes, 30, of Brooklyn, was arrested on Thursday morning and was scheduled to be arraigned the same afternoon in federal court in Brooklyn. He is no longer with the FBI.

The indictment charges Reyes with willfully depriving a person of his constitutional rights while acting under color of law, and with making false statements. If convicted, he faces up to 10 years in prison. The charges are allegations, and Reyes is presumed innocent unless and until he is proven guilty. His lawyer, Federal Public Defender Nora Hirozawa, told the Associated Press that he would plead not guilty. She declined to comment further.

The charges rest on a crash in the early hours of February 3, 2026. Prosecutors say Reyes was driving his FBI-issued Chevrolet Impala in Brooklyn with the emergency lights activated. Near the intersection of Ocean Parkway and Beverley Road in Kensington, he drove on the wrong side of the road, northbound in the southbound lanes of Ocean Parkway, and went through a red light. The car struck a man who was crossing the street at about 6:20 a.m., knocking him to the pavement and leaving him unconscious.

What prosecutors say happened next is at the center of the case. Reyes stopped, got out, and approached the unconscious victim. Instead of calling for help, he dragged the man from the street, across the sidewalk, and placed him on a bench. He went back to the street, picked up the victim's bag, and set it down beside him on the bench. Then he returned to his car, which still had its emergency lights engaged, and drove away, leaving the man severely injured and unattended. Prosecutors say Reyes did not alert medical authorities and did not report the crash to the FBI.

The second charge grew out of the investigation that followed. When agents from the Justice Department's Office of Inspector General interviewed Reyes on May 1 and asked whether he had ever hit a person with his FBI-issued car and not reported it, he falsely said that he had not, according to the indictment.

United States Attorney Joseph Nocella, Jr. announced the case with Ryan T. Geach, the Special Agent in Charge of the Inspector General's Northeast Region. "The defendant's alleged conduct demonstrated a shocking disregard for human life and his sworn oath to uphold the law," Nocella said. "The charges announced today send the clear message that no one is above the law and those who abuse their position of trust and deprive citizens of their constitutional rights will be prosecuted."

Reyes joined the FBI in about 2023 and was assigned to the bureau's New York Field Office. The indictment was filed on November 2 and unsealed on November 5, court filings show. The case is docketed as 26-CR-306 in the Eastern District of New York and is being prosecuted by the office's Human Trafficking and Civil Rights Section and its Public Integrity Section. Nocella thanked the New York Police Department, the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division, and the FBI's New York Field Office for their work on the case. Reyes was to appear before United States Magistrate Judge Clay H. Kaminsky for his arraignment.