Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about District Attorneys

Gwendolyn Booker, Killed by School Bus Driver on Atlantic Avenue Sidewalk

By Brad Aaron | Feb 8, 2016 | 7 Comments

Another pedestrian was killed on Atlantic Avenue when a motorist struck a woman on the sidewalk. Gwendolyn Booker, 50, was walking on Atlantic near Schenectady Avenue last Friday at around 6:30 p.m. when a school bus driver mounted the curb, according to NYPD and published accounts. From Gothamist: The bus struck two light poles, a gas station, […]

DA Cy Vance Wins Conviction in Washington Heights Hit-and-Run Killing

By Brad Aaron | Feb 5, 2016 | 3 Comments

A driver charged with fatally striking a man in Washington Heights and leaving the scene was sentenced to prison yesterday. Jesus Fabian pled guilty to evidence tampering in the death of Antonio Ramirez, according to court records and the office of Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance. The crash occurred on Audubon Avenue at W. 176th Street on October […]

Charges Reduced in Manhattan Hit-and-Run Death of Charity Hicks

By Brad Aaron | Feb 4, 2016 | 8 Comments

Charges have been reduced against a driver who allegedly killed a woman on a Manhattan sidewalk and fled the scene. On May 31, 2014, Thomas Shanley drove a Dodge SUV onto the curb on 10th Avenue near W. 34th Street, striking a pole that fell on Charity Hicks, according to a criminal court complaint and Gothamist. Hicks, […]

Richard Brown: Probation for Hit-and-Run Driver Who Killed Kamil Gorski

By Brad Aaron | Jan 22, 2016 | 2 Comments

A driver charged with a felony for the hit-and-run death of a Queens pedestrian was sentenced to probation as a result of a plea deal from District Attorney Richard Brown. Raul Reyes and a second driver hit 36-year-old Navy veteran Kamil Gorski on Metropolitan Avenue on February 3, 2015, according to Brown’s office. Gorski died at Elmhurst Hospital. Brown did not […]

Driver Who Killed Jean Chambers Off the Streets, No Thanks to DMV

By Brad Aaron | Jan 13, 2016 | 3 Comments

A driver with a staggering record of recklessness, who nevertheless had a valid New York State driver’s license, was sentenced to jail time and had his license revoked for the death of Manhattan pedestrian Jean Chambers. Roberto Mercado hit Chambers while making a left turn at West End Avenue and W. 95th Street in the […]

Sidewalk Killer Free to Drive Thanks to Judge and Brooklyn DA Ken Thompson

By Brad Aaron | Jan 12, 2016 | 16 Comments

A judge refused to take the license of the motorist who killed Victoria Nicodemus on a Brooklyn sidewalk because, she said, District Attorney Ken Thompson filed no charges for reckless driving. Marlon Sewell was allegedly driving without a valid license when he hit Nicodemus and two other people on Fulton Street on December 6, injuring Nicodemus’s boyfriend and the […]

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