Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Unlicensed Driving

DA Ken Thompson Still Hasn’t Charged Driver for December Sidewalk Killing

By Brad Aaron | Jun 6, 2016 | 6 Comments

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. Marlon Sewell hit Nicodemus, her boyfriend, and another person with a Chevrolet SUV […]

Sidewalk Killer Free to Drive Thanks to Judge and Brooklyn DA Ken Thompson

By Brad Aaron | Jan 12, 2016 | 16 Comments

A judge refused to take the license of the motorist who killed Victoria Nicodemus on a Brooklyn sidewalk because, she said, District Attorney Ken Thompson filed no charges for reckless driving. Marlon Sewell was allegedly driving without a valid license when he hit Nicodemus and two other people on Fulton Street on December 6, injuring Nicodemus’s boyfriend and the […]

4 Times DA Ken Thompson Pursued Token Charges Against Unlicensed Killers

By Brad Aaron | Dec 9, 2015 | 6 Comments

Police and prosecutors say Marlon Sewell was driving without a valid license when he struck Victoria Nicodemus and two other people on a Fort Greene sidewalk last Sunday, killing Nicodemus and injuring her boyfriend and the third victim. According to the Post and DNAinfo, Sewell was also arrested for unlicensed driving last March, and in November was summonsed for […]

Victoria Nicodemus, 14th Person Killed by Curb-Jumping NYC Driver in 2015

By Brad Aaron | Dec 7, 2015 | 19 Comments

An alleged unlicensed driver who witnesses say was traveling at a high rate of speed struck and killed a woman on a sidewalk in Fort Greene yesterday. Marlon Sewell, 39, drove a Chevrolet SUV over the curb at 694 Fulton Street, near South Portland Avenue, at around 5:30 p.m. Sunday, striking 30-year-old Victoria Nicodemus, her 37-year-old boyfriend, […]

Richard Brown: Probation for Accused Unlicensed Hit-and-Run Killer

By Brad Aaron | Nov 16, 2015 | 3 Comments

A driver charged with felony hit-and-run and unlicensed driving got probation and a few days of community service for a crash that killed a pedestrian, as a result of a plea deal with Queens District Attorney Richard Brown. On the evening of February 22, the unidentified victim was crossing at 76th Street and Woodside Avenue, […]

Richard Brown: Misdemeanor Plea for Accused Unlicensed Hit-and-Run Killer

By Brad Aaron | Sep 30, 2015 | 9 Comments

In a deal with District Attorney Richard Brown, a driver charged with felony hit-and-run and driving without a license after fatally striking a Queens pedestrian has pled guilty to violating the city’s Right of Way Law. Last February Valentine Gonzalez hit an unidentified woman with a box truck while turning left at Woodside Avenue and […]

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