Sean Ludwick Accused of Vehicular Homicide, Caught in Puerto Rico Amid Attempt to Flee US
Source: Latin Post
Sean Ludwick Accused of Vehicular Homicide, Caught in Puerto Rico Amid Attempt to Flee US
By Alyza Katrina C. Torres (staff@latinpost.com)
First Posted: Jan 21, 2016 06:00 AM EST
New York executive Sean Ludwick, who was previously accused of vehicular homicide and charged with DUI, was arrested in Puerto Rico while attempting to flee to South America amid his ongoing case, the Daily Mail reports. The publication further reveals that the real estate executive was accused of leaving his friend on the road, who died instantly when Ludwick crashed his vehicle while drunk driving last year.
The incident, which happened in August 2014, had 40-year-old Ludwick on bail after posting a $1 million bond according to the news agency. And while waiting for the trial to kick off, 27East reported that Ludwick tried to purchase a boat to transport him out of Puerto Rico on Friday.
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Ludwick, who was allegedly driving under the influence of alcohol, double than the legal limit, crashed his Porsche in a drive home to the Hamptons with his pal, the late Paul Hansen. The two were reportedly going to Hansen's home since their sons are having a sleepover and Ludwick was going to pick up his son.
After the crash, the news agency reported that Ludwick removed Hansen's body from the car and placed it on the streets. He also threw away Hansen's personal belongings into the woods and fled the scene with his already damaged vehicle.
Read more: http://www.latinpost.com/articles/110281/20160121/sean-ludwick-accused-of-vehicular-homicide-caught-in-puerto-rico-amid-attempt-to-flee-us.htm
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Update: Sean Ludwick Sent to Jail
Authorities Believe Developer Intended to Flee to South America
By T.E. McMorrow | January 20, 2016 - 3:04pm
Update, Jan. 21, 2:42 p.m.: Sean Ludwick, the New York real estate developer accused of vehicular homicide in the death of a Noyac man last summer, was taken into custody Tuesday night by Southampton Town police officers at his Brick Kiln Road residence in Bridgehampton and remanded to the county jail.
According to Robert Clifford, spokesman for Suffolk District Attorney Thomas Spota, State Supreme Court Justice Fernando Camacho issued a search warrant for Mr. Ludwick last week after receiving information that he "had been making inquiries to buy a vessel outfitted with the navigational equipment necessary to travel to South America." He was arranging to take sailing lessons as well, Mr. Clifford said.
United States marshals began searching for him on Friday in Puerto Rico, where he was known to be vacationing. The island, an American territory, does not require a passport from U.S. citizens; Mr. Ludwick was ordered to surrender his passport after his arrest in August. Mr. Clifford said the developer has likely forfeited the $1 million dollar bond on which he had been free.
After a night of drinking on Aug. 30, Mr. Ludwick crashed his 2013 Porsche on a dark Noyac road. Prosecutors charge that he then dragged the body of his passenger, Paul Hansen, out of the car and left it by the roadside. The D.A.'s office has not excluded the possibility that Mr. Hansen was alive at the time.
More:
http://easthamptonstar.com/Police/2016120/Update-Sean-Ludwick-Sent-Jail
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Bad-boy developer faces 32 years in deadly Hamptons DWI crash
By Selim Algar
December 22, 2015 | 3:52pm
A disgraced Manhattan developer faces up to 32 years in prison after a Suffolk County grand jury indicted him on a slew of felony raps stemming from a summer DWI crash in Sag Harbor that killed his pal, officials said Tuesday.
Sean Ludwick, 42, will be arraigned on nine counts — including aggravated vehicular homicide and DWI charges — on Jan. 4 in Riverhead.
The part-time Bridgehampton resident was speeding in a 2013 Porsche after drinking with local real estate agent Paul Hansen when he smashed into a utility pole in August, prosecutors said.
Ludwick allegedly left the scene of the accident with Hansen bloodied and dying on the roadside before cops caught up to him a block away.
More:
http://nypost.com/2015/12/22/bad-boy-developer-faces-32-years-in-deadly-hamptons-dwi-crash/
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