Police in Queens arrested and charged a man following a year-long investigation into a hit-and-run motorcycle crash that left a pedestrian dead in 2024.

According to law enforcement sources, 31-year-old Timothy Bohler of E. 175 Street in the Bronx allegedly ran from the scene of a fatal collision in a busy Queens intersection on March 22, 2024, that resulted in the death of a 52-year-old woman, Narine Lelawattie, of Richmond Hill.

After more than a year of investigating, detectives were able to track down the perpetrator using extensive video surveillance and other evidence collection means, police sources said. Bohler was arrested on Oct. 9, 2025, at around 9:33 a.m. within the confines of the 114th Precinct.

The fatal incident unfolded last year at around 8:35 p.m. when officers from

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