Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about District Attorneys

NYPD: Driver Error Caused Crash That Killed Mike Rogalle

By Brad Aaron | Aug 5, 2015 | 20 Comments

NYPD determined that a driver pinballing down a Manhattan street caused a curb-jump crash that killed a pedestrian, but police and District Attorney Cy Vance filed no charges. UPS delivery man Mike Rogalle, 58, was working his Financial District route on April 17, 2012, when an SUV driver ran him over on the sidewalk outside 15 Beekman […]

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 […]

Will Ken Thompson Charge Driver Who Killed Alejandro Moran-Marin?

By Brad Aaron | Jul 21, 2015 | 5 Comments

Bike dragged by Honda SUV going wrong way down 4th age towards Flatbush @CBSNewYork @MattKozarTV pic.twitter.com/MNGXbYMceP — Meg Baker (@megbakertv) July 13, 2015 No charges have been filed against the driver who killed a cyclist and injured several other people in a multi-vehicle crash in Brooklyn last week, according to the office of District Attorney Ken Thompson. […]

Cy Vance: Repeat Hit-and-Run Killer Shouldn’t Drive Again; Judge: Disagree

By Brad Aaron | Jul 15, 2015 | 23 Comments

A driver who killed two people in separate hit-and-run crashes could be driving again in two years after a judge disregarded a sentencing recommendation from Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance. In 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 […]

Cy Vance to Albany: TWU Bill Would Hinder Cases Against Drunk Drivers

By Brad Aaron | Jun 24, 2015 | 49 Comments

Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance sent a letter to state lawmakers warning that a bill to prevent police from detaining bus and taxi drivers at crash scenes would undermine law enforcement’s ability to collect evidence of impaired driving. The bill, which sailed through the State Senate yesterday with no public notice and without a public hearing, would bar police […]

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