Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Unlicensed Driving

DA Thompson Plea Deal: Serial Unlicensed Driver Fined $250 for Deadly Crash

By Brad Aaron | Aug 6, 2014 | 15 Comments

A serial unlicensed driver who killed a pedestrian will pay a few hundred dollars in fines pursuant to a plea deal with Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson. Two motorists hit 32-year-old Nicole Detweiler as she crossed McGuinness Boulevard at Nassau Avenue in the early evening hours of December 29, 2013. She died at the scene. According […]

No Homicide Charge for Unlicensed Curb-Jumping Driver Who Killed SI Woman

By Brad Aaron | Jul 25, 2014 | 14 Comments

A motorist who crashed on a Staten Island sidewalk was charged by District Attorney Dan Donovan with driving without a license and drug possession, but not for killing one pedestrian and hospitalizing another. On the afternoon of June 9, a motorist jumped the curb and hit 31-year-old Christal Aliotta and her 20-year-old cousin Stephanie Canecchio as they walked […]

Serial Unlicensed Driver Gets Misdemeanor Charge in Brooklyn Death

By Brad Aaron | Jul 2, 2014 | 13 Comments

A man with an outstanding charge for driving without a license fatally struck a pedestrian in Brooklyn last December but faces only a second charge of unlicensed driving after taking someone’s life. Two drivers hit Nicole Detweiler as she crossed McGuinness Boulevard at Nassau Avenue in the early evening hours of December 29, 2013. Detweiler, […]

Brooklyn DAs Ignore “Rule of Two” in Death of Pedestrian Maude Savage

By Brad Aaron | Jun 24, 2014 | 10 Comments

An unlicensed motorist who killed a senior in Brooklyn last year has pled guilty to a low-level misdemeanor and could be sentenced to probation and a nominal fine. Though the driver was charged with violating two traffic laws, current and former district attorneys Ken Thompson and Charles Hynes declined to pursue criminal negligence charges under […]

Unlicensed Driver Faces Wrist Slap After Killing Queens Cyclist William Faison

By Brad Aaron | May 27, 2014 | 19 Comments

A motorist who was reportedly driving with a suspended license will likely get off with a slap on the wrist after she killed a cyclist in Queens last week. Reports say William Faison, 53, was riding south on 228th Street in Cambria Heights at around 8:50 a.m. Friday when 26-year-old Tiffany Delcia Moore hit him with […]

Is Killing Someone While Unlicensed Worse Than Turning Without a Signal?

By Brad Aaron | Feb 12, 2014 | 5 Comments

After the death of Angela Hurtado, we wrote that aggravated unlicensed operation in the third degree is “a go-to top charge” for prosecutors when an unlicensed driver kills someone. But the story of Orlando Findlayter suggests it’s a catch-all for any traffic offense committed while driving without a license. In case you missed it, Findlayter […]

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