Hit & Run driver sues NYC for $190,000 damage to impounded Bentley

[Saddle Bronc 124]

http://www.nypost.com/seven/08252008/news/..._car_125992.htm

HIT-&-RUN JERK SUES OVER CAR

By STEFANIE COHEN

Posted: 4:04 am

August 25, 2008

A hit-and-run driver who killed a man with his Bentley is suing the city - for damaging his car while it was impounded.

Harry Shasho, 38, claims he's due $190,000 because cops impounding his 2005 Bentley Continental - the car involved in his fatal Brooklyn hit-and-run - allowed mold to fester inside.

But he makes no mention anywhere in the suit about the reason it was impounded.

Shasho was arrested in the early hours of Oct. 1, 2005, after mowing down Louis Couch on Ocean Parkway. Shasho heartlessly took off and left the man to die in the street.

According to police, Shasho hit Couch, 54, and then drove home. He was arrested within hours after cops found a side-view mirror in the road. The windshield was also cracked, and the headlight, fender and roof were damaged.

Shasho, who owns the Brooklyn-based 212 Motoring, which customizes luxury cars, pleaded guilty to leaving the scene of an accident without reporting it.

He served 20 days of community service, lost his license for six months, and was on probation for five years.

Now Shasho claims the car "was in excellent condition, proper working order and fully functional . . . with no noticeable defects or damage" when the police impounded it.

In the year and a half cops parked it in a Queens impound as evidence, they allowed mold to grow inside and water damage to occur, "rendering the vehicle inoperable," the suit claims.

He claims they violated his property rights by not returning it to him in "good condition."

Shasho wants the NYPD to fork over $190,000.

He did not return messages, and his lawyer refused to comment on the case.

NYC should countersue Shasho somewhere between $380,000 and $760,000--considering they let him off extremely lightly.

[GiGii 4]

20 days community service for killing a man? NYC is way to lenient.

And this dude should be sued by the family of the guy killed. They should take the damaged bentley & much much more.

[almaty 19]

i agree..terrible justice

[maggieNomar 0]

i agree..terrible justice

Dang!! One of our VJ members was rear ended by a city bus and can't even get $5000 for pain and suffering because 'she should have moved out of the way' and he wants $190K for a car?? That he caused to be impounded by breaking the law????

[Ban Hammer 14,569]

20 days community service for killing a man? NYC is way to lenient.

And this dude should be sued by the family of the guy killed. They should take the damaged bentley & much much more.

maybe that's why no one bothers to call anymore when their neighbor is being stabbed to death.

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