Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Charles Hynes

Brooklyn DA Ken Thompson: $500 Fine for Unlicensed Driver Who Killed Senior

By Brad Aaron | Oct 6, 2014 | 24 Comments

An unlicensed driver was sentenced to a small fine and probation after he ran over and killed a Brooklyn senior who was crossing with the right of way, per the terms of a plea deal with District Attorney Ken Thompson. Though the driver was charged with committing two traffic offenses at the time of the […]

Serial Unlicensed Driver Gets Misdemeanor Charge in Brooklyn Death

By Brad Aaron | Jul 2, 2014 | 13 Comments

A man with an outstanding charge for driving without a license fatally struck a pedestrian in Brooklyn last December but faces only a second charge of unlicensed driving after taking someone’s life. Two drivers hit Nicole Detweiler as she crossed McGuinness Boulevard at Nassau Avenue in the early evening hours of December 29, 2013. Detweiler, […]

Brooklyn DAs Ignore “Rule of Two” in Death of Pedestrian Maude Savage

By Brad Aaron | Jun 24, 2014 | 10 Comments

An unlicensed motorist who killed a senior in Brooklyn last year has pled guilty to a low-level misdemeanor and could be sentenced to probation and a nominal fine. Though the driver was charged with violating two traffic laws, current and former district attorneys Ken Thompson and Charles Hynes declined to pursue criminal negligence charges under […]

Unlicensed Driver Who Killed Brooklyn Senior Convicted of Leaving Scene

By Brad Aaron | May 28, 2014 | No Comments

A jury has convicted a motorist who, while driving without a license, fatally struck a Brooklyn senior and left the scene. Isabel Rodriguez, 88, was walking with her 79-year-old sister on July 22, 2012, when Wayne Stokeling drove into her at Stone and Livonia Avenues in Brownsville, according to reports. Police tracked down his damaged BMW […]

Brooklyn DA Secures Rare Manslaughter Conviction for Pedestrian Death

By Brad Aaron | May 21, 2014 | 2 Comments

In a rare case of an apparently sober motorist facing serious penalties for a fatal crash, an unlicensed hit-and-run driver who killed one Brooklyn pedestrian and seriously injured another pled guilty to manslaughter this week. Raul De La Cruz and an unidentified woman were crossing Borinquen Place near Keap Street in Williamsburg at around 5 […]

Accused Unlicensed Hit-and-Run Killer on Trial in Brooklyn

By Brad Aaron | May 20, 2014 | 2 Comments

A motorist who authorities say had a history of driving offenses and was driving without a license when he fatally struck a Brooklyn senior and fled the scene two years ago is on trial this week. Isabel Rodriguez, 88, was walking with her 79-year-old sister on July 22, 2012, when Wayne Stokeling drove into her at […]

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