Omar Minaya was not present when his wife passed away, according to a family member who informed the Post, and suicide has been ruled out as the cause.
Two sons, Teddy and Justin, make up the Minaya family.
Justin is a forward for the Portland Trail Blazers who is a member of the NBA G League Rip City Remix on a two-way deal. He played collegiate football for Providence and South Carolina while being undrafted.
The 65-year-old Minaya was first employed by the Yankees in January 2023 and will be closely collaborating with general manager Brian Cashman as a senior advisor to baseball operations.
Over the course of the last two seasons, he has been seen around the major league team and on travels to the Yankees’ minor league affiliates.
From 2004 to 2010, Minaya served as general manager of the Mets. She then returned to Queens as a special assistant from 2017 to 2020.
Minaya was the general manager and vice president of the Montreal Expos before to joining the Mets. He worked in the front office of the Padres for a period of time. As a senior advisor to Tony Clark, the executive director of the MLB Players Association, he also served Major League Baseball.
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Intoxicated driver who killed two pals is acknowledged by a former New Jersey police officer
counts of vehicular murder following the deaths of two passengers in the vehicle he was operating while intoxicated in an accident that occurred in August of last year, the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office said on Tuesday.
On June 18, Somerset resident Amitoj Oberoi, 30, entered a guilty plea to two counts of first-degree vehicular homicide. According to the No Early Release Act, Oberoi faces a 15-year prison sentence, of which 85% must be served before he is eligible for release.
Oberoi was first charged on two counts of each of vehicular homicide, aggravated manslaughter, driving under the influence, and reckless driving after the car he was driving on August 27, 2023, veered off Route 27 at 6:22 a.m., clipping multiple trees and lampposts before colliding with a utility pole, according to the authorities.
In the negotiated plea agreement, prosecutors agreed to drop the two counts of aggravated manslaughter and other lesser charges that Oberoi was initially facing, according to Oberoi’s attorney on Tuesday.
Oberoi lost control of his vehicle on Route 27 in Franklin Township while traveling at a high pace because his blood alcohol content was above the legal limit, according to investigators. Carlos Perez-Gaytan, 24, of Somerset, and Victor Cabrera-Francisco, 20, of North Brunswick, were the two passengers in the backseat who perished in the collision.
Robert Scrivo, Oberoi’s lawyer, stated that his client was very sorry for what had occurred and that Oberoi knew the families of the victims.
Regarding Oberoi and the victims’ families, Scrivo remarked, “They embraced outside the courtroom afterwards.” “He believed that stopping this process would be the wisest course of action because he did not want to subject those families to a trial.”
According to Scrivo, the events in this case represented a terrible, transient error in judgment for a person who, on the whole, has led a happy life. According to Scrivo, Oberoi knew the two fatalities from the incident well—they were the younger brothers of friends and family.
Scrivo continued, “The whole scenario is horrific.” “He demonstrates a great deal of regret and his sympathies are with the families of the victims.”
Given the “egregious nature of the charges,” Edison Mayor Sam Joshi announced that the township would take action to terminate Oberoi’s police duties upon his arrest. Joshi did not respond to a request for comment on Tuesday right away.
Oberoi will be sentenced on August 14 by Judge Jonathan W. Romankow.
