Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Hit-and-Run

NYPD and Electeds Idle as NYC’s Hit-and-Run Epidemic Claims Another Life

By Brad Aaron | Sep 10, 2015 | 12 Comments

It was a particularly barbaric crime: A driver fatally struck a person who was crossing the street with a walker, then left the scene. That it was the second such death in a matter of weeks is another reminder that New York City, thanks in part to indifference in Albany, is failing to meaningfully address its ongoing epidemic of deadly hit-and-run […]

Driver Pleads to Felony in Hit-and-Run Death of Manhattan Pedestrian

By Brad Aaron | Aug 14, 2015 | 5 Comments

A driver who killed a Union Square pedestrian pled guilty to a felony hit-and-run charge this week. Doohee Cho, 33, was crossing Fifth Avenue between E. 15th and E. 16th streets in the early morning hours of September 28, 2014, when Macgyver Beltran hit him with a Chevrolet sedan, according to published reports. Police arrested […]

DA Richard Brown: $500 Fine for Hit-and-Run Driver Who Injured Senior

By Brad Aaron | Jul 29, 2015 | 3 Comments

Pursuant to a plea deal with Queens District Attorney Richard Brown, an allegedly unlicensed and impaired motorist who reportedly has a history of reckless driving arrests was sentenced to a small fine and probation for running over a senior and trying to flee the scene. William Stafford “plowed his 2005 BMW into an 89-year-old man” at […]

Vance Nets Felony Indictment for Driver in Beekman Sidewalk Hit-and-Run

By Brad Aaron | Jul 22, 2015 | 9 Comments

A woman accused of deliberately driving onto a sidewalk in the Financial District, injuring a pedestrian, and leaving the scene was indicted on felony charges today, according to the office of Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance. Vance says Tiffany Murdaugh was behind the wheel of her Dodge Challenger on the morning of April 13, 2015, when she drove […]

Albany Alert: Urge Governor Cuomo to Amend or Kill Hit-and-Run Bill

By Brad Aaron | Jul 20, 2015 | 2 Comments

District attorneys are calling on Albany’s three men in a room to amend or kill a bill that would affect future cases against drivers who leave the scene of a serious crash. Prosecutors and advocates have for years asked lawmakers to address a loophole in state law that gives hit-and-run drivers an incentive to leave the scene. […]

Cy Vance Nets Felony Conviction of Driver Who Killed Senior Shu Ying Liu

By Brad Aaron | Jun 23, 2015 | 2 Comments

Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance secured a felony hit-and-run conviction against a truck driver who killed a senior in Hell’s Kitchen. On February 5, 2013, Jack Montelbano ran over 69-year-old Shu Ying Liu with a private dump truck as Liu crossed 41st Street at Ninth Avenue in the crosswalk and with the right of way. […]

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