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Attorney Pleads Guilty To Quogue Hit-And-Run Charges

Publication: The Southampton Press
By Carol Moran   Dec 5, 2012 11:24 AM
Dec 5, 2012 12:48 PM
A Manhattan attorney who police said struck a bicyclist in Quogue Village while driving drunk last year pleaded guilty last week to all 10 charges filed against him, including two counts of vehicular assault and leaving the scene of an accident, as well as DWI, according to court records.

Tabber B. Benedict, 35, was arrested on July 4, 2011, after he struck and seriously injured East Quogue resident Steve Dorn, 44, with his GMC Acadia on Montauk Highway, and then left the scene, according to Quogue Village Police.

Mr. Benedict, who is due back in Suffolk County Criminal Court for sentencing on January 25, faces a possible prison term of 39 months to 10 years and will lose his law license, according to his attorney, Mark Heller.

“This was a very unusual and... more

“I am a great advocate of justice being tempered with mercy,” Did Mr. Benedict show mercy to Mr. Dorn when he ran him over and left him on the side of the road? Was Mr. Benedict thinking of anyone besides himself when he got behind the wheel of his SUV when he was obviously drunk? Isolated incident? Or the first time he got caught? He needs to spend a little time in jail... He can chair as many charitable events as he wants when he gets out.
By pstevens (311), Wilmington on Dec 5, 12 2:24 PM
just pondering the irony if it was revealed later that this Benedict was related to the Benedict that operates Seafield Center ... Can anyone shed some light ??
By Bill in Riverhead (190), Riverhead on Dec 7, 12 10:33 AM
Do you have any sane reason to make that statement? A not uncommon last name and you link the two together?
You should be ashamed of yourself, doing nothing more than atttempting to spread vicous rumors, and to what end?
By But I'm a blank! (325), Hampton Bays on Dec 7, 12 12:03 PM
Bill's wife, you have my admiration.
By dnice (610), Hampton Bays on Dec 7, 12 7:42 PM
Google can.. look him up.
By pstevens (311), Wilmington on Dec 10, 12 10:32 AM
Anyone know what his sentence is?
By wiferisnot (1), Park City on Jan 29, 13 1:49 PM
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