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Schwally found guilty in fatal Long Island nail salon crash
FOX 5 NY's Jodi Goldberg is reporting live with the breaking news that Steven Schwally has been found guilty on all 30 counts.
LONG ISLAND - Steven Schwally, the 66-year-old prosecutors said drove drunk and plowed into a Deer Park nail salon back in 2024, killing four people, was found guilty on Thursday.
The jury returned a guilty verdict on all 30 counts, including murder, for Schwally, who wasn't in the courtroom after reportedly being hospitalized for a massive heart attack.
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Nail salon crash trial: Closing arguments wrap in Schwally Case
Closing arguments wrapped up in the trial of 66-year-old Steven Schwally, accused of driving drunk and crashing his SUV into a Long Island nail salon, killing four people.
FOX 5 NY's Jodi Goldberg reports that the victims of the families were visibly emotional as each count was read in court.
The backstory:
According to prosecutors, Schwally was drunk when he drove a Chevy Traverse into Hawaii Nail & Spa, located inside a strip mall on Grand Boulevard in Deer Park.
Four people were killed, including an off-duty NYPD officer, and nine others were injured. Witnesses described the crash as "a violent explosion" that sent "bodies everywhere." Prosecutors say after he crashed into the salon, Schwally said: "I haven’t broken any laws. I’m a marine."
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Video released of deadly LI nail salon crash
FOX 5 NY has obtained dramatic surveillance video showing Friday's deadly crash at a Long Island nail salon that killed four people.
NYPD officer Emilia Rennhack, Jiancai "Ken" Chen, Yan "Jenny" Xu and Meizi Zhang were killed in the crash.