Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Richard Brown

Richard Brown: Homicide Conviction for Driver Who Killed Betty DiBiaso

By Brad Aaron | Nov 20, 2015 | 3 Comments

Queens District Attorney Richard Brown won a homicide conviction against a hit-and-run driver who killed a woman near Astoria Park last summer. Betty Jean DiBiaso was leaving the park at around 12:26 a.m. on June 27 when Nicholas Colleran, 24, ran a stop sign and hit her with a Chevrolet sedan as she crossed Ditmars Boulevard […]

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, […]

Civil Suit Compels Man Who Killed Ally Liao to Stop Driving for 5 Years

By Brad Aaron | Oct 29, 2015 | 28 Comments

A bereaved family has done what NYPD, city district attorneys, and the New York State DMV usually fail to do: impose meaningful sanctions against a reckless driver, who in this case took the life of 3-year-old Allison Liao. Ahmad Abu-Zayedeh failed to yield the right of way when he struck Allison as she walked hand in […]

Trucker Who Killed Cyclist Anna Rodriguez Charged With Manslaughter

By Brad Aaron | Oct 15, 2015 | 13 Comments

The truck driver who killed a cyclist in Queens yesterday was charged with homicide after he tested positive for cocaine. NYPD said Dennis Forceri, 57, drove a tractor-trailer into 34-year-old Anna Rodriguez while making a right turn at 56th Road and 48th Street at around 8:45 a.m. Rodriguez suffered trauma to her head and body and died at […]

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 […]

Repeat Drunk Driver Pleads to Low-Level Felony for Killing Queens Pedestrian

By Brad Aaron | Sep 25, 2015 | 5 Comments

A recidivist drunk driver who was charged with 10 felonies for killing a Queens pedestrian pled guilty to two low-level felony counts in a deal with District Attorney Richard Brown. At around 4:30 a.m. on July 5, 2014, Romulo Mejia drove a Ford compact into a man who was walking at Roosevelt Avenue and 92nd Street in Jackson Heights, according to the […]

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