The detective turned on the emergency lights of their unmarked police car to help what they believed was a stranded driver. After stopping, the detective saw a man standing near the car holding a metal object that police believe he had been swinging at passing drivers. Police said the detective and the man then got into an altercation that ended with the detective shooting him with their service weapon.
CINCINNATI -- Bengals cornerback Cam Taylor-Britt was sentenced to five days of jail time for a driving incident, an Ohio judge ruled Tuesday. Taylor-Britt reached a plea deal regarding charges from an incident stemming on Sept. 14. Taylor was facing misdemeanor charges of driving without a license and reckless driving. The ruling was delivered after Hamilton County judge Bernie Bouchard declined to grant Taylor-Britt community service following a court hearing in Cincinnati.
My mom, who is now in her 70s, will leave her car running, unlocked, sitting on the street when she stops by someone's house. She spent 45 minutes at my house one day, and when I walked her out, her car had been running, unlocked the whole time. I said, 'You know, anyone could just jump in and drive off with it, right?' Her response was, 'It hasn't happened yet. I'll be fine.'
A chronic speeder with a history of violating speed limits and red lights was sentenced to up to nine years in prison for the deaths of a mother and her two kids run down while walking through Brooklyn crosswalk earlier this year. Miriam Yarimi, 33, of Midwood, was sentenced by a Brooklyn judge on Wednesday to a prison term of three to nine years for killing Natasha Saada and her daughters, Diana and Deborah.
While this kind of driving isn't uncommon on Staten Island, it doesn't make it any less dangerous. Recently submitted dash cam footage shows one driver who thought they didn't need to stop at a red light on one of the busiest roads on the North Shore. The video, submitted to the Advance/SILive.com, shows a car approaching a red light on Richmond Terrace near the intersection of North Burgher Avenue in West Brighton right before the evening rush hour on Thursday, Oct. 2.
A 14-year-old girl named Emanuely Da Silva Souza has died after a crash in Novato where the vehicle she was in struck a tree. The incident occurred when the car was driven by 18-year-old Cristofer Alexander Larreinaga Corea, who faces multiple charges including hit-and-run and reckless driving. Following the crash, Emanuely was taken to a trauma center but passed away after being hospitalized. Authorities have raised his bail to $500,000 as they await further investigation before deciding on additional charges. A hearing is set for Aug. 19.
Dontae Brown, 32, could be seen panicking in his blue sedan as it whips around through traffic on Houston's North Loop while being pulled by a white SUV driven by his laughing girlfriend.
