Lindenhurst resident Bryan Mizhirumbay sentenced to up to 15 years for DWI crash that killed Craig White

A drunken motorist who Nassau prosecutors said was going over 100 mph in a 35 mph zone before he killed a man in Freeport last year was sentenced to up to 15 years in prison Monday in Mineola.

Blood drawn from Bryan Mizhirumbay, of Lindenhurst, had a 0.18% blood-alcohol concentration, more than double the legal limit of 0.08%, after his vehicle struck a car driven by Craig White, 55, on Sept. 3, 2025, according to Nassau prosecutors.

White was driving home from work at AHRC Nassau, a social services agency that supports people with developmental orders, when he was killed, Nassau prosecutors said.

“Your selfish, irresponsible decision to drive that night was reckless,” said Supreme Court Justice Caryn Fink, who sentenced Mizhirumbay to 7 to 15 years in prison. “You stole a cherished and valued life. Because of your utter disregard, this hardworking family man’s life was cut short.”

Mizhirumbay, 24, told the county probation department that he had just one drink on the night of the crash, Nassau prosecutor Katie Zizza said before the defendant was sentenced. The prosecutor said Mizhirumbay engaged in “selfish, reckless, dangerous conduct that killed an innocent man.”

Mizhirumbay’s attorney, Steven Gaitman of Garden City, told Fink that his client felt remorse over White’s death. The defendant did not address the court.

“We are the product of our decisions,” Gaitman said. “You can live your life a certain way and make one decision in which you’re going to bear the consequences of your decision for the rest of your life.”

Mizhirumbay pleaded guilty on Aug. 12 before Fink to aggravated vehicular homicide, second-degree manslaughter, second-degree assault and aggravated driving while intoxicated, court records show.

White’s daughter, Destiny White, said her father was committed to his family — even if that meant he had to go without.

“He was the type of person that would always make a way for his family,” she said. “Even though he was not rich monetarily, I never went to bed hungry. I always had new clothes.

“Even though I always went to bed with a full stomach, I know that he did not,” added Destiny White, who is engaged and pregnant with her first child. “I think that says what kind of father he was.”

Nassau prosecutors said White was driving northbound on S. Long Beach Avenue through the intersection with Atlantic Avenue in Freeport shortly after 11 p.m. on the night of the crash. Mizhirumbay was speeding eastbound on Atlantic Avenue, driving up to 106 mph. He ran through a red light at the intersection and slammed into the driver’s side of White’s vehicle.

The force of the impact drove both vehicles across the intersection and the westbound lanes of Atlantic Avenue, prosecutors said. White's car crashed through a fence at Atlantic Nursery. The defendant's car stopped on the westbound shoulder, where it became engulfed in flames.

White was unconscious and trapped in the driver’s seat of his vehicle, which had been pushed into the passenger side by the impact of the crash, when first responders arrived. He was transported to Mount Sinai South Nassau Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, prosecutors said.

Mizhirumbay was taken to Nassau University Medical Center for treatment of his injuries.

“Mizhirumbay struck Craig’s car so hard that the impact actually pushed Craig’s driver seat into the passenger side of the vehicle," Nassau District Attorney Anne Donnelly said in a statement. "That tragic moment created a ripple of grief and pain for all those who loved Craig, including his recently engaged daughter, who will now sadly walk down the aisle without her father by her side."