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Driver Who Killed 3 People on Bronx Sidewalk Charged With Manslaughter
District Attorney Darcel Clark filed manslaughter and homicide charges against a motorist who fatally struck three people, including a child, on a Bronx sidewalk last year.
October 20, 2016
Garbage Truck Driver Admits to Causing Crash That Killed Cyclist Hoyt Jacobs
The truck driver who killed cyclist Hoyt Jacobs in Long Island City last year admitted to causing the crash and pled guilty to violating the victim's right of way.
August 4, 2016
Cy Vance Wins Murder Conviction for East Village Sidewalk Killing [Updated]
Update November 4, 2016: Martin was sentenced to 20 years to life in state prison, according to Vance’s office.
July 20, 2016
Manhattan DA Vance Wins Manslaughter Conviction for High-Speed LES Crash
Update: Danny Lin was sentenced to one and two-thirds to five years in prison. The sentence was “half of what prosecutors had argued for,” the Daily News reported.
July 7, 2016
Brooklyn DA Charges Driver With Manslaughter for Killing Victoria Nicodemus
A grand jury has indicted Marlon Sewell for second-degree manslaughter six months after he jumped a curb in Fort Greene and killed 30-year-old Victoria Nicodemus while driving with a suspended license, Gothamist reports. Brooklyn DA Ken Thompson had refrained from pressing felony charges until Nicodemus's family pressured his office to take action.
June 28, 2016
Driver Who Killed Man While Fleeing NYPD Pleads to Manslaughter
A driver who killed a man on a Brooklyn sidewalk while attempting to evade police pled guilty to manslaughter.
June 9, 2016
DA Ken Thompson Still Hasn’t Charged Driver for December Sidewalk Killing
Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson charged the driver who killed Victoria Nicodemus on a Fort Greene sidewalk with unlicensed driving, but did not file charges for taking the victim's life. Six months after the crash, Nicodemus's family says the DA is dragging his feet on the case.
June 6, 2016
Driver Who Injured Woman on Manhattan Sidewalk Pleads to Two Felonies
Update: Tiffany Murdaugh was sentenced to two to six years in prison.
June 3, 2016
No Right of Way Charge for Driver Who Killed Toddler in Bronx Crosswalk
Update: Darcel Clark’s office sent us this statement: “Our office is investigating the incident with the NYPD Accident Investigation Squad, as we do with any fatality or serious injury when a pedestrian is struck.”
May 17, 2016
SI Driver Charged With Manslaughter for Killing Cyclist With Boat Trailer
A motorist was charged with manslaughter for the death of a Staten Island cyclist who was struck by a boat trailer that detached from a truck.
May 16, 2016