Manhattan Lawyer Sentenced for Hitting Bicyclist While Drunk in Quogue

A Manhattan lawyer was sentenced to three and a third to ten years in prison by a judge on Jan. 28 after pleading guilty in December to driving drunk and fleeing the scene of a crime last summer.

According to the Suffolk County District Attorney's office, Tabber Benedict, the founder of Benedict Advisors, was charged with felony charges of first-degree vehicular assault, two counts of second-degree vehicular assault, and leaving the scene of an accident with a serious injury.

Aside from pleading guilty to all of the above, Benedict also pleaded guilty to a half-dozen other misdemeanors and traffic violations, including DWI and reckless driving.

All were related to the incident in which he hit a man riding his bicycle in Quogue, sending him to the hospital with serious injuries.

The bicyclist, a lifeguard and schoolteacher, was riding on Montauk Highway, near the intersection of Route 104, when he was hit. He was brought to Brookhaven Memorial Hospital, was listed in critical condition, and was later released.

Benedict, who lost his license as a result of the incident, was featured in a New York Observer piece in 2012 which dubbed him and a few others "Gatsbabies," due mostly to their wardrobes and high-class lifestyles.

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