Brooklyn man indicted for knocking out cousin, leaving him to be run over by driver of vehicle, in Ozone Park: DA

A Queens grand jury indicted a Brooklyn man on assault and reckless endangerment charges for punching his cousin and knocking him out on Rockaway Boulevard in Ozone Park.

Prosecutors say Jonathan Velez, 45, allegedly attacked his 39-year-old relative, went through his pockets, and then left the scene, leaving his unconscious cousin on the roadway. Moments later, the cousin was struck by the driver of a vehicle and seriously injured.

Velez was arraigned Wednesday in Queens Supreme Court on a three-count indictment charging him with assault in the first and second degrees and reckless endangerment in the first degree…

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