Alleged Hit-And-Run Dirt Bike Operator Arrested After Posting TikTok Video Blaming Parents Of Boy Injured In Accident

New York City NY

22 July, 2021

12:34 PM

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CBS New York July 22, 2021 An arrest has been made after a three-day manhunt for the suspect accused of running over a 4-year-old boy in a Queens park with a dirt bike then taking off. Twenty-nine-year-old Argenis Rivas, of Queens, was caught after someone gave a tip to Crime Stoppers about a TikTok video where the alleged dirt bike operator blames the child's parents for the accident. Police say the video shows Rivas speaking in Spanish and shifting the blame of what happened on the little boy's parents, saying, "It was the parents' fault. They weren't paying attention to their kid." CBS Local Digital Media personalizes the global reach of CBS-owned and operated television and radio stations with a local perspective.