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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
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
Driver Pleads to Manslaughter for Killing 12-Year-Old on Brooklyn Sidewalk
Update: Robert DeCarlo was sentenced to five to 15 years in prison.
May 3, 2016
Driver Who Killed Charity Hicks Pleads to Homicide and Leaving the Scene
The hit-and-run driver who struck and killed a Detroit woman as she waited for a bus in Hell's Kitchen pled guilty to homicide and felony leaving the scene. He will serve a minimum of two and a maximum of six years in prison, pursuant to a judge's plea offer.
March 22, 2016
Epileptic Cab Driver on Trial for Murder for Bronx Sidewalk Killings
The driver of a green cab who killed a child and a man on a Bronx sidewalk last year was charged with murder.
February 24, 2016
Years After Death of Ariel Russo, NYPD Chases Still Injuring and Killing People
Last week Franklin Reyes was sentenced to three to nine years in prison for the death of 4-year-old Ariel Russo.
February 22, 2016
Gwendolyn Booker, Killed by School Bus Driver on Atlantic Avenue Sidewalk
Another pedestrian was killed on Atlantic Avenue when a motorist struck a woman on the sidewalk.
February 8, 2016