The adult son of an Israeli diplomat accused of intentionally running over a police officer on his motorcycle in Sunny Isles Beach, Florida, has accepted a plea deal to avoid jail time.
In January, 19-year-old Avraham Gil hit an officer who was conducting a traffic stop. His lawyers claimed he was protected by “diplomatic immunity.”
Abraham is the son of Eli Gil, a diplomat at the Israeli Consulate in Miami.
Last Wednesday, news broke that Gill had completed the terms of his plea agreement and would be traveling to Israel that night to serve in the Israeli military.
The sweetheart deal includes a $500 donation to the hospital, 100 hours of community service and traffic school.
The Miami Herald reports:
Late last month, Avraham Gil wrote a letter to injured Sunny Isles Beach police officer Ruben Zamora filled with apologies and lessons learned, telling the court that after he After the “big wake-up call”, he decided to actively serve the Israeli army.
The state then agreed to an unusually harsh penalty — no jail time if Gill attended traffic school, completed 100 hours of community service, agreed not to drive and donated $500 to Jackson Memorial Hospital’s Ryder Trauma Center .
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On Wednesday, Miami-Dade Circuit Court Judge Teresa Pooler sent Gill on his way after learning he had completed the requirements. His lawyer, Stephen Milan, told the judge that the family’s visas are set to expire at the end of this month and they will return to Israel after the hearing.
Gill, whose eyes were red from crying in the photo, was initially charged with two felonies.
The Tribune report added:
As it turns out, Gill’s late-January confrontation with Sunny Isles police wasn’t his first run-in with the law. A month earlier on New Year’s Eve, he was pulled over by a Miami Shores police officer and also charged with speeding and entering traffic.
The official said Gill’s diplomatic license plate had a cover that read “PLS CHASE.” The official eventually released the teen after learning that his father worked in the office of the Israeli Consulate General in Miami. Earlier, Miami police said they also spotted Gill racing dangerously on Biscayne Boulevard. But they gave up the chase as a precaution.
