Griffiths was charged with leaving the scene after the January hit-and-run that killed Kianna Underwood.

Leaving-the-scene charges after an arrest are accusations. They are not a conviction. On Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2026, New York Post, NBC New York, and ABC7 New York reported Griffiths was cuffed and charged in connection with the Jan. 16, 2026, Brownsville hit-and-run that killed Kianna Underwood. The counts are leaving the scene resulting in death and leaving the scene with injury.

According to the NYPD account reported by ABC7 New York and New York Post, Underwood was struck by a black Ford Explorer at Watkins Street and Pitkin Avenue around 6:50 a.m. on Jan. 16, then struck again by a black and gray sedan and pronounced dead at the scene. New York Post reported surveillance footage showed the Explorer crossing a double yellow to pass a stopped car before the first impact. Those are the police and reporting narrative of how the crash unfolded. They are not findings that Griffiths is guilty of the leaving-the-scene counts.

New York Post reported Griffiths told the New York Daily News in late January that he recalled hitting “something,” pulled over, saw another car drag the person, tried to flag that car, then left to take medication. A prior media interview is not a courtroom admission and is not a conviction. ABC7 New York reported the second vehicle still had not been located. An open second-vehicle lead is investigation status. It is not proof on Griffiths’ charges. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.