Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Robert Johnson

Bronx DWI Pedestrian Killer Gets 90 Days and Six-Month License Suspension

By Brad Aaron | Apr 2, 2014 | 2 Comments

A judge sentenced a convicted drunk driver to just 90 days in jail and a six-month license suspension for killing a pedestrian in the Bronx. Thomas Riley, 23, was crossing East Fordham Road near Bathgate Avenue at around 4:20 a.m. on March 20, 2011, when 48-year-old Seth Johnson struck and killed him with a minivan, according […]

Bronx Motorist Convicted of DWI, But Not Manslaughter, in Pedestrian Death

By Brad Aaron | Dec 18, 2013 | 2 Comments

A jury in the Bronx determined a motorist was impaired by alcohol and drugs when he struck and killed a pedestrian in 2011, but the jury acquitted the driver of manslaughter. Thomas Riley, 23, was crossing East Fordham Road near Bathgate Avenue at around 4:20 a.m. on March 20, 2011, when he was hit by […]

Abigail Lino, 24, Killed in the Bronx; Driver Charged With Leaving Scene

By Brad Aaron | Sep 10, 2013 | 2 Comments

Friends gathered at a Bronx courthouse last week calling for justice for Abigail Lino, who was one of at least four New York City pedestrians killed by hit-and-run drivers in August. According to reports, Lino was outside a club in Longwood at around 3 a.m. on August 31 when she and others ran away after […]

Robert Johnson Charges Reckless Endangerment for Bronx Pedestrian Death

By Brad Aaron | Jul 17, 2013 | 7 Comments

A motorist accused of killing a pedestrian in the Bronx has been charged with reckless endangerment by District Attorney Robert Johnson. Though the driver was allegedly breaking multiple laws at the time of the crash, he was not charged with a more serious offense under the so-called “rule of two.” The 55-year-old male victim, the […]

Motorist Havoc: Two Dead, Five Hurt, Kids in Critical Condition, No Charges

By Brad Aaron | May 20, 2013 | 15 Comments

A pedestrian and a cyclist are dead after a series of crashes in Brooklyn and the Bronx in which motorists also injured five other people. Three of the victims were teenagers. One crash left two young boys in critical condition. No charges are known to have been filed by NYPD or DAs Charles Hynes and […]

Sook-Ja Kim Killed by Motorist in Mosholu Parkway Median; No Charges Filed

By Brad Aaron | Mar 20, 2013 | 6 Comments

A woman was struck and killed by a driver who jumped the curb and drove across a field near the Bronx Botanical Garden last weekend. Sook-Ja Kim, 63, was in a wide grassy median that serves as a park area on Mosholu Parkway near Bainbridge Avenue when she was hit from behind by a motorist […]

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