Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Charles Hynes

Wrist Slap for DWI Killer After Brooklyn DAs Decline to Charge Homicide

By Brad Aaron | Apr 9, 2014 | 6 Comments

A convicted drunk driver was sentenced this week to probation, a nominal fine, and a six-month license suspension for killing a Brooklyn pedestrian. Shortly after midnight on July 5, 2013, 27-year-old Roxana Gomez was walking at Flatbush Avenue and St. Marks Avenue when Eric Nesmith hit her with a BMW sedan, according to witness accounts and the Post. […]

Maude Savage and Akkas Ali, Struck by Motorists in 2013, Die From Injuries

By Brad Aaron | Jan 22, 2014 | 17 Comments

Maude Savage, the 72-year-old who was hit by a motorist in a Brooklyn crosswalk last November, died from her injuries. Though video showed Savage was crossing with the light, charges were not upgraded against the commercial driver who took a corner at speed, striking her a few feet from a grocery store she had just walked […]

Drunk Driver Avoids Homicide Charge in Brooklyn Pedestrian Death [Updated]

By Brad Aaron | Jan 17, 2014 | 25 Comments

A motorist who has admitted to driving drunk in a crash that killed a Brooklyn pedestrian was not charged with homicide by District Attorney Charles Hynes or his successor Ken Thompson. He was allowed to plead guilty this week to a top charge of misdemeanor DWI, court records say, and faces a maximum sentence of […]

Charles Hynes Brings Rare Felony Charge in Vehicular Killing of 9-Year-Old

By Brad Aaron | Nov 4, 2013 | 7 Comments

Two motorists were charged for killing pedestrians in the Bronx and Brooklyn this weekend. The alleged driver in the Wakefield crash was charged with murder, and there’s a solid chance that if convicted he will face significant jail time. And though the outcome of the case is far from certain, District Attorney Charles Hynes brought […]

No Charges or Summonses for Driver Who Killed Kiko Shao, 5, in Sunset Park

By Brad Aaron | Sep 27, 2013 | 32 Comments

A driver who was reportedly listening to loud music when he drove over a 5-year-old and nearly hit her sister in Sunset Park yesterday has yet to be charged or ticketed. An NYPD spokesperson said Kiko Shao was running northeast on 55th Street when she was struck by the driver of a Cadillac Escalade, who […]

Charles Hynes Has Not Filed Homicide Charge Against Alleged DWI Killer

By Brad Aaron | Sep 6, 2013 | 1 Comment

A motorist who allegedly killed a woman while driving drunk in Brooklyn two months ago has not been charged by District Attorney Charles Hynes for her death, according to court records. On July 5 at around 12:25 a.m., 27-year-old Roxana Gomez was walking at Flatbush Avenue and St. Marks Avenue when she was hit by a […]

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