Friday, January 24, 2025
A former Valley Stream resident who allegedly spent 15 years evading authorities after being charged in a deadly New Jersey crash was apprehended by U.S. Marshals at Kennedy Airport on Christmas Eve, according to the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office.
Chaudhry Yousaf, 52, was last known to reside in Valley Stream in 2009 when New Jersey State Police charged him following a crash on March 28, 2009. Yousaf was allegedly driving drunk when he lost control of his black Lincoln Town Car on the southbound Garden State Parkway. The car struck a road sign and veered into a wooded area, colliding with a tree.
One passenger, Harris Kahn, 26, of Queens, died the following day, leading to Yousaf’s charges being upgraded from driving while intoxicated to vehicular homicide. The second passenger sustained injuries but was treated and released from the hospital.
Yousaf, who suffered minor injuries in the crash, was treated at Community Medical Center in Toms River, New Jersey, before being transported to the Ocean County Jail. He posted $150,000 bail the next day but failed to appear in court on February 5, 2010, after being indicted for vehicular manslaughter. A bench warrant was issued for his arrest, and he remained a fugitive until his capture.
Authorities traced Yousaf to various addresses in Valley Stream and Brooklyn during his time on the run. His fugitive status ended on December 24, 2024, when U.S. Marshals from the New York/New Jersey Regional Fugitive Task Force apprehended him at JFK Airport.
Yousaf has since been extradited to New Jersey and is currently being held at the Ocean County Jail, where he faces pending vehicular manslaughter charges, according to a release.
