Kenneth Baribault

Two drivers were arrested after an accident that injured 32-year-old Officer Baribault on the Long Island Expressway. The drivers were 27-year-old Marcin Bykuc and 29-year-old Rahiem Griffin.

Bykuc was pulled over in a black Kia SUV on the LIE by Officer Baribault and while the officer was sitting in his cruiser behind him,  it was allegedly struck in the rear by a silver Mercedes Benz CLK320 driven by Griffin causing it to move forward into Bykuc’s Kia sport utility vehicle.

Officer Baribault  was taken to the hospital where it was discovered that he had spine, hip and head trauma and over time has been making health improvements.

32 year old Officer Kenneth Baribault was injured almost two (2) years ago after a routine traffic stop on the East Bound Lane of the Long Island Expressway (LIE) early Sunday morning.

In 2008, Officer Baribault suffered spine, hip and head trauma and was rushed to hospital where he was in a stable but critical condition.

Another Sunday has injured a traffic cop. Actually, it is not the Sunday but the alleged drunk drivers.

A veteran police officer was hospitalized with two broken legs today after a drunken driver barreled into him in Brooklyn — minutes after he pulled over another boozed-up motorist, cops said.

The 27-year-old officer first spotted a 2008 Honda swerving erratically on the Brooklyn Queens Expressway at the Metropolitan Avenue exit in Williamsburg early this morning, authorities said.

The cop pulled over the Honda, driven by Hector Herrera Espinosa, 40, of Maryland.

The officer got out of his car and walked over to Espinosa when another car then came barreling up the highway, heading straight for the cop’s parked radio car, police said.

That car’s driver, Juan Diaz, 32, of Jackson Heights, Queens, swerved at the last second, slammed into a yellow cab and spun out of control — crashing into the cop.

The officer, who has 5 ½ years on the job and is assigned to Manhattan South Task Force, was being treated at Bellevue Hospital.

Both drivers failed Breathalyzer tests and were later charged with DWI.

Will motorist see an increase of racial profiling on Sunday? Only time will tell.

New York continues to remember Suffolk County Officer Glen Ciano who died while on duty a year ago on Sunday, February 22, 2009.

The highly regarded veteran cop of twenty-two (22) years met in a traffic accident on a Sunday as with Nassau County Officer Kenneth Baribault but unlike Officer Baribault on the (LIE) Long Island Expressway, Officer Ciano was not fortunate to have survived the accident due to his patrol car bursting into flames by the Vanderbilt Motor Parkway.

Officer Ciano was hit by an alledged drunk driver while in his patrol car by a 2007 Dodge Magnum which is alleged to have been driven by Jose Borbon of Plainview.

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We couldn’t be happier for Nassau County Police Officer Kenneth Baribault as today he celebrates another birthday. Baribault, now 32, met in a traffic accident, which almost cost him his life, at the age of 30 while on duty on the Long Island Expressway (LIE) on the 18th of May in 2008.

The accident is alledged to have been caused by Rahiem Griffin who was said to be driving a Silver Mercedes Benz CLK320 which ran into the rear of Officer Baribault’s Chevrolet Impala patrol cruiser after he pulled over Marcin Bykuc in a black Kia SUV.

So what would make the perfect birthday gift? The fact that his alledged attacker would receive justice and so he did as on July 22, 2009, Griffin was sentenced to seven (7) years in prison after being convicted in June 2009.

The trial began on Monday, June 1, 2009 and in the blink of an eye, Griffin was convicted on Monday, June 15, 2009 after the jury deliberated for two (2) days.

Will Nassau County Medical Center send Baribault a card? Well, if they do, it would might be sent for January the 12th and not the 21st due to due to the numbers be transposed.

To make a donation to the family, you can do so by sending a check to:

Kenneth and Christopher Baribault Benevolent Fund
c/o Nassau County PBA
89 East Jericho Turnpike.
Mineola,
New York 11501-3106

Today marks the eight month of the passing of Suffolk County Officer Glen Ciano.

Officer Ciano, a highly regarded veteran cop of twenty-two (22) years, met in a traffic accident on Sunday, February 22, 2009 but unlike the Sunday accident with Nassau County Officer Kenneth Baribault on the (LIE) Long Island Expressway, Officer Ciano was not fortunate to have survived the accident due to his patrol car bursting into flames by the Vanderbilt Motor Parkway.

Officer Ciano was hit by an alleged drunk driver while in his patrol car by a 2007 Dodge Magnum which is alleged to have been driven by Jose Borbon of Plainview.

On the fifth month passing of Oficer Ciano, Rahiem Griffin received a sentence of seven years in prison in the alleged accident that injured Officer Kenneth Baribault.