Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Daniel Donovan

James Oddo Calls for Wider Roads Hours After SI Traffic Violence Claims Life

By Brad Aaron | Sep 1, 2015 | 10 Comments

A UPS worker who lost a leg when a Staten Island driver slammed into him in April has died. NYPD and Staten Island prosecutors issued no summonses and filed no criminal charges in the case. Tom Ryan, 52, was unloading packages from his truck at 2044 Hylan Boulevard on the morning of April 6 when a driver […]

NYPD Blames Teen Killed by SI Motorist Before Completing Investigation

By Brad Aaron | Nov 18, 2014 | 47 Comments

NYPD says it’s still investigating the death of a teenage jogger who was struck by a motorist on Staten Island, but that didn’t stop the department from publicizing a “preliminary” finding claiming the victim was at fault. Based on NYPD investigations into this crash and others, it’s open season on pedestrians who cross streets on a […]

No Homicide Charge for Unlicensed Curb-Jumping Driver Who Killed SI Woman

By Brad Aaron | Jul 25, 2014 | 14 Comments

A motorist who crashed on a Staten Island sidewalk was charged by District Attorney Dan Donovan with driving without a license and drug possession, but not for killing one pedestrian and hospitalizing another. On the afternoon of June 9, a motorist jumped the curb and hit 31-year-old Christal Aliotta and her 20-year-old cousin Stephanie Canecchio as they walked […]

DA Dan Donovan: Six Months for SI Hit-and-Run Driver Who Killed 5 Year Old

By Brad Aaron | Mar 4, 2014 | 1 Comment

A Staten Island motorist who fled the scene after hitting a mother and two young children, fatally injuring the woman’s 5-year-old son, will serve six months in jail under a plea deal from District Attorney Daniel Donovan. John Sanjurjo ran over Kyrillos Gendy, his 7-year-old sister Gabriella, and 35-year-old Erieny Thomas at around 8:25 p.m. on August […]

Six Months in Jail and Five-Year License Suspension for SI Hit-and-Run Killer

By Brad Aaron | Apr 15, 2013 | 1 Comment

The speeding hit-and-run killer of a Staten Island woman who died protecting her grandchild has been sentenced to six months in jail and a five-year license suspension, as the result of a plea deal from District Attorney Dan Donovan, according to the Staten Island Advance. Clara Almazo, 52, was walking home from church with her […]

To Avoid Trial, DA Dan Donovan Grants Hit-and-Run Killer a Max of 1-3 Years

By Brad Aaron | Feb 11, 2013 | 2 Comments

A hit-and-run driver may get as much as three years in jail, or no jail time at all, for striking and killing a Staten Island woman and injuring her grandson in Staten Island, under the terms of a plea deal with District Attorney Daniel Donovan. Clara Almazo, 52, was walking home from church with her […]