The mother of a Commack man claims he died in a July 2013 car crash because Suffolk County police did not arrest him earlier that night for driving drunk after a crash. 
 
 Kathi Fedden claims in a lawsuit filed in federal court in Central Islip on Monday that police had Peter Fedden's car towed to a nearby schoolyard and then drove him home, even though he was "severely intoxicated" and visibly injured. 
 
 Suffolk County police said in a statement Tuesday night that they don't comment on pending litigation. County officials also could not be reached for comment Tuesday night. 
 
 After police dropped him off, Fedden, the owner of a popular local deli where cops were known to receive big discounts, drove off in one of the three cars parked in his driveway, according to the lawsuit. He crashed in Hauppauge minutes later after driving at speeds over 100 mph and died, the complaint says. 
 
 The lawsuit also names the Ruby Tuesday restaurant in Commack as being responsible for Fedden's intoxication. According to the complaint, Fedden, 29, started the night of July 30, 2013, at 9:30 p.m. at the Ruby Tuesday's bar. There, he was served two of "his usual beverage" -- about 10 ounces of Jack Daniel's whiskey in a 16-ounce glass with a splash of soda and ice -- before he left the bar about 11 p.m. with another male customer, the suit says. 
 
 A spokesman for Ruby Tuesday could not be reached for comment Tuesday night. 
 
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 From there, they drove directly around the corner to Fedden's deli, Commack Breakfast, where they were met by a female bartender, the lawsuit says. Together, they smoked marijuana, the lawsuit says. 
 
 Soon after, the three left in Fedden's car to pick up more marijuana, the suit says. Fedden was driving "in excess of 90 miles per hour" and about 11:30 p.m., they crashed. His car went across two lawns, through a fence and into a parked car, which then spun into a home in Commack, causing $10,000 worth of damage, the complaint says. 
 
 At least seven Suffolk police officers responded, but no photographs or witness statements were taken, the complaint says. After the two passengers said they weren't hurt, officers told them to "get the hell out of here," and put Fedden in the back of a police car, the complaint says. 
 
 "Peter served many Suffolk County police officers at his deli, and it was known throughout the local officers that Peter charged only $1 for officers to eat at the deli no matter what they ordered," the lawsuit says. 
 
 The officers dropped Fedden off at his home, where three cars were parked outside, the suit says. Fedden went inside, urinated, then got in his mother's car and left, the suit says. He crashed minutes later, just after midnight, the suit says. 
 
 "The Suffolk County police at scene #1 conspired to avoid charging Peter with any crimes due to their knowledge of Peter and his generosity to them through his deli, which they frequented," the lawsuit says. 
 
 "The defendants carelessly disregarded Peter's safety . . . and actually created the events leading to Peter's wrongful death," the suit says. 
 
 The lawsuit seeks $130 million in damages. Kathi Fedden's attorney, Harry M. Thomasson of Wantagh, could not be reached Tuesday night. ||||| A New York woman says in a lawsuit that her 29-year-old son died in a drunken driving crash because police decided not to arrest him on driving-while-intoxicated charges earlier that night. Greg Cergol reports. (Published Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2014) 
 
 A Long Island woman says in a lawsuit that her 29-year-old son died in a drunken driving crash because police decided not to arrest him on DWI charges earlier that night. 
 
 Kathi Fedden made the claims in a federal wrongful death lawsuit this week and is seeking $30 million. 
 
 She says some officers were friendly with her son, Peter Fedden, because he owned a deli that they frequented. 
 
 The lawsuit says that when Peter Fedden was in a car crash in July 2013, officers drove him to his Commack home, even though he was "severely intoxicated" and visibly injured. Fedden later took his mother's car and was killed when he crashed it into a Hauppauge marketing firm. 
 
 Fedden family lawyer Harry Thomasson said Wednesday, "He was clearly intoxicated. If you elect to take him home, you can't leave him in a driveway full of cars and drive off." 
 
 Thomasson showed reporters some 20 PBA cards he claimed Fedden had in his possession the night he was killed. 
 
 Suffolk County officials didn't comment, citing the litigation. 
 
 The owner of the marketing firm that suffered $100,000 in damage when Fedden fatally crashed into it said the lawsuit was frivolous. 
 
 "He put the community in harm's way," said Mitchell Levine of Advantage Marketing, which underwent four months of repairs after the crash. "He decided to take the law into his own hands by getting into a second car that evening." 
 
 Levin was a customer at Fedden's deli and knew him. He said he even comforted Fedden's mother when she visited the firm after the crash. 
 
 Restaurant chain Ruby Tuesday's is also named in the lawsuit, because Fedden was drinking there before the two crashes, according to Thomasson. The lawyer claimed a bartender there served Fedden too much alcohol because of lack of training in recognizing an intoxicated person. 
 
 Ruby Tuesday's could not be reached for comment Wednesday. 
 
 -- Greg Cergol contributed to this story. 
 
 Copyright Associated Press / NBC New York ||||| The four young women killed Saturday when an alleged drunken driver plowed his pickup truck into the limousine they had hired for a celebratory day in the North Fork wine country all called the town of Smithtown home. 
 
 The limo passengers were "a group of women out celebrating an upcoming event," Assistant Suffolk County District Attorney Elizabeth Miller said Sunday. "There was a bride" and she survived the wreck, Miller said. Friends and family of some of the women said the gathering was not a wedding celebration. Officials with the limousine company said the car was hired for a birthday. 
 
 Miller spoke after the arraignment of pickup truck driver Steven Romeo, 55, of Southold at Eastern Long Island Hospital in Greenport, where he was admitted after the wreck. Romeo was charged with DWI, a misdemeanor, but ordered held on $500,000 cash bail or $1 million bond. He pleaded not guilty Sunday. 
 
 Miller said charges likely would be upgraded. Suffolk County District Attorney Thomas Spota and Southold Town Police Chief Martin Flatley are scheduled to hold a news conference at 12:30 p.m. Monday at the Southhold Town Police Department with updates about the investigation. 
 
 Romeo, co-owner of Romeo Dimon Marine Service in Southold, is scheduled to appear in Southold Town Court on Friday. Miller did not disclose his blood-alcohol level or where he was before the crash. 
 
 Family and friends on Sunday described the four women killed as vibrant and accomplished. 
 
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 Amy Grabina, 23, of Commack was a "die-hard" Boston Red Sox fan. Stephanie Belli, 23, of Kings Park had studied business at Farmingdale State College. 
 
 Lauren Baruch, 24, of Smithtown, was "unafraid to be the only one on the dance floor." Brittney Schulman, 23, of Smithtown graduated from SUNY Cortland last year and wanted to work in public relations in the fashion industry. 
 
 Police identified their four friends who survived the crash as Joelle M. Dimonte, 25, of Elwood; Alicia Arundel, 24, of Setauket; Olga Lipets, 24, of Brooklyn, and Melissa Angela Crai, 23, of Scarsdale. 
 
 The limo picked up the women at Baruch's home, her father said Sunday. Some of their cars remained at the home, Steven Baruch said. 
 
 Witnesses on Saturday said Romeo was seen sitting in the back of the pickup right after the wreck, but police said he ran from the crash scene. 
 
 Romeo's attorney, Dan O'Brien, offered condolences to the victims and said his client did not leave the scene of the wreck. Miller did not address whether Romeo had fled. "It's a tough situation," said O'Brien, who is based in Nesconset. 
 
 Neither Romeo, who remained hospitalized, nor his business partner Kris Dimon could be reached for comment. Their marine services business was closed Sunday, and the answering system message was changed midday to remove Romeo's cellphone number. 
 
 This map shows where a pickup truck plowed into a limo in Cutchogue on Saturday, July 18, 2015, leaving four women dead. This map shows where a pickup truck plowed into a limo in Cutchogue on Saturday, July 18, 2015, leaving four women dead. 
 
 Also injured in the crash was limo driver Carlos Pino, 58, of Bethpage, who works for Ultimate Class Limousine in Hicksville. Pino has not been charged with any crime. 
 
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 In a statement, company officials called the crash "a tragic accident on what should have been a happy day for a group of young women. We pray for the victims and for the families as they go though this unimaginable time." 
 
 "We are in direct contact with all authorities and we are providing all information that they have requested for their investigation," Ultimate Class Limousine officials said in the statement. 
 
 One of the last stops the limo took the women to was Vineyard 48, located on the south side of Route 48, just west of Depot Lane. The limo was trying to make a U-turn on Depot when Romeo's pickup broadsided its right side, officials said. 
 
 Dimonte had surgery at Peconic Bay Medical Center Sunday and is in stable condition, according to Samantha Vigliotta, vice president of the center's foundation and external affairs. Arundel and Lipets were in fair condition at Stony Brook University Hospital Sunday night, according to spokesman Greg Filiano. 
 
 Lipets' grandmother in Brooklyn, Lyubov Drurer, said Lipets was in surgery at Stony Brook Sunday. Lipets' mother, father, uncle, aunt, and boyfriend were by her side, Drurer said. 
 
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 The crash was the second multifatal wreck on Long Island in a week. Three members of a Queens family -- the father and two young children -- died July 12 when their car was rear-ended by an alleged drunken driver on the Southern State Parkway at the exit for Robert Moses Causeway. 
 
 The Cutchogue intersection where the limousine crash occurred has long been a worry to residents because of the convergence of vineyard-bound limousines making U-turns amid oncoming traffic on the rural road. It was not known if the limo cut in front of the truck, Southold Police Chief Martin Flatley said Saturday night. 
 
 "He [the pickup truck driver] hit the brakes right before and he broadsided the limo right on the passenger side," he said. 
 
 Flower bouquets had been placed in the roadway median at the crash site Sunday. 
 
 William Rule, 64, was among those dropping off bouquets. He had picked lilies from his garden in Riverhead, he said. 
 
 He said he did not know the victims but felt the tragedy was "so horrific" he needed to contribute to the growing memorial. 
 
 "This traditionally had been a quiet area, not very busy," he said of the North Fork's vineyard region, but noted it has become "built up and more of an attraction."
– Peter Fedden was picked up by police the night of July 30, 2013, after drunkenly plowing his car through a fence, across a couple of lawns, and into the side of a house in Commack, NY. It's at this point that Fedden's mom, Kathi Fedden, thinks police should have arrested her 29-year-old son for DWI, according to a $30 million wrongful-death lawsuit she filed Monday against the police, Newsday reports. But instead, cops dropped a "severely intoxicated" Peter off at home, where he got right into his mother's car sitting in the driveway and crashed it minutes later into the side of an industrial park building. He died from injuries sustained in the second crash. Kathi Fedden says the police let Peter off the hook the first time because of his rapport with them at the deli he owned in Commack. "Peter served many Suffolk County police officers at his deli, and it was known throughout the local officers that Peter charged only $1 for officers to eat at the deli no matter what they ordered," the suit says. Because of this relationship, Kathi Fedden claims, the police "conspired to avoid charging Peter with any crimes" and "carelessly disregarded Peter's safety ... and actually created the events leading to Peter's wrongful death." Also named in the suit: Ruby Tuesday, which reportedly served Peter two drinks—10 ounces of Jack Daniel's whiskey over soda and ice—the night he died, Newsday notes. While sympathetic to the Fedden family, the owner of the building Peter crashed into tells NBC New York, "He put the community in harm's way. He decided to take the law into his own hands by getting into a second car that evening." (One drunk driver made an impact with this powerful confession.)