Dan Frazier, 23, will be given a proclamation by Councilwoman Glenda Jackson at 7 p.m., just before the council meets.
Police gave the following account of the incident that put Frazier in the spotlight:
On Thursday, Sept. 13, at about 6:40 p.m., Irma Ramirez, 37, of 371 Hancock St., Brentwood, was driving a 2000 Ford van north on Washington Avenue in Brentwood. Near the intersection of White Street, her vehicle struck Freddy Argueta, 5, of Brentwood, who was crossing the street with his mother. The vehicle then left the scene. Frazier witnessed the incident and chased and confronted Ramirez a short distance away. Ramirez struck Frazier’s vehicle and left again, and Frazier was finally able to corner Ramirez at Arlington Road and Standish road in Brentwood, where he held her for police. Argueta was taken to Good Samaritan Hospital and admitted for his injuries.
Ramirez said after the accident that she fled because Frazier confronted her. “I did not see the boy before he hit the windshield,” Ramirez told Newsday. “I am so sorry this happened.”
Ramirez was arrested and charged with leaving the scene of an accident with injury, leaving the scene of an incident and endangering the welfare of a child. She was released on bail and is scheduled to appear at First District Court at a later date.
“He’s a perpetual Good Samaritan,” explained Susannah Mrazek, a council legislative aide. “A few years back he had pulled two dogs off of a woman who was being attacked, and basically hit one of the dogs with a baseball bat in order to get it off. So he seems to run into these cases, which a lot of people would run away from, and he’s right there.
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