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Vance Charges Vehicular Assault for Terrifying East Village Curb-Jump Crash
A motorist who allegedly left a path of carnage and destruction in the East Village a month ago has been charged by Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance with vehicular assault, a felony.
July 18, 2013
Robert Johnson Charges Reckless Endangerment for Bronx Pedestrian Death
A motorist accused of killing a pedestrian in the Bronx has been charged with reckless endangerment by District Attorney Robert Johnson. Though the driver was allegedly breaking multiple laws at the time of the crash, he was not charged with a more serious offense under the so-called "rule of two."
July 17, 2013
Will the “Rule of Two” Trigger Hynes Probe Into the Death of Felix Coss?
While the NYPD Internal Affairs Bureau looks into the death of Felix Coss, the school teacher who was struck and killed by an officer driving a police vehicle in Williamsburg, Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes has yet to launch his own investigation.
July 10, 2013
Ariel Russo, 4, Killed by Unlicensed Teen and NYPD Pursuit Protocol
The driver who allegedly struck and killed 4-year-old Ariel Russo and injured her grandmother during a police chase on the Upper West Side Tuesday morning has been charged with manslaughter. But if authorities and the media place 100 percent of the blame on a kid who tried taking the family car to school, a conviction won't make the public any safer.
June 5, 2013
Amidst Tabloid Attack on Bicycling, Another Child Killed By Reckless Motorist
Update: The Post and DNAinfo have identified the victims as Ariel Russo, 4, and her grandmother, Katia Gutierrez. The driver has been named as Franklin Reyes, 17. Correcting information released earlier today, NYPD now says Reyes has a record of one arrest, and it was not for robbery, according to the Post.
June 4, 2013
Cleared in Traffic Court, Hit-and-Run Killer Still Employed at NYC DOT
A DOT employee who crushed a Manhattan pedestrian with a dump truck and left the scene was not charged with a crime, was cleared of all traffic violations, and remains on the payroll.
May 17, 2013
Leroy Comrie Bill Would Force NYPD to Report to Council on Hit-and-Runs
Queens City Council Member Leroy Comrie is set to introduce a bill that may have an impact on how NYPD approaches hit-and-run crashes, which kill dozens of NYC pedestrians and cyclists a year.
May 15, 2013
Hynes: No Charges for Curb-Jumper Who Blew Red and Killed Pedestrian
A Sheepshead Bay driver who ran a red light, jumped a curb and struck three people, killing one, has not been charged criminally by NYPD or Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes.
May 13, 2013
Taxi Driver Hits Cyclist in Chelsea, Two Arrested on Undisclosed Charges
Yesterday at about 3:30 p.m., a taxi driver struck a cyclist on Seventh Avenue in Chelsea between 16th and 17th Street. Police made two arrests at the scene, though at this time NYPD is not revealing what they were charged with.
May 8, 2013
Cyclist’s Brother Says NYPD Closed Investigation Into Unsolved Death
The brother of a man killed in an apparent dooring incident in the Bronx, a crash that NYPD failed to investigate for over a month, says police have stopped working the case due to a lack of evidence, DNAinfo reports.
April 18, 2013