Bronx Hit-And-Run Driver Had Suspended License

The driver suspected in a fatal Bronx hit-and-run on Friday has a suspended license and a lengthy automotive rap sheet. Sheldon Reid, 28, is accused of mowing down 40-year-old Sonya Powell at around 8:30 pm as she walked home from Christmas shopping in Wakefield with her fiancé.

Police arrested Reid — whose license was suspended on Monday for defaulting on a summons payment, in March for the same reason, in September 2008 for failing to a pay a ticket for going 80 mph in a 50-mph zone, and in February 2007 for an accident involving injuries and property damage — and charged him with leaving the scene of an accident with a fatality and aggravated unlicensed operation, according to the Post. Reid, who has also served two years behind bars for shooting a man in the chest, is being held on $20,000 cash or bond.

Powell, a Jamaican immigrant who worked as a nurse's aid in a Riverdale, was crossing Baychester Avenue less than a block from her home when she was struck by a gray 2007 Infiniti. "I saw the car coming and yelled, 'Sonya, stop!'" her fiancé, David Sheppard, 45, told the Daily News. "I guess she got spooked by the lights and tried to run across." A witness described the hit-and-run to the Post: "Her boyfriend pulled her to the sidewalk and was screaming for someone to help him. I called police myself. She was lying on the floor, bleeding from her head," said 18-year-old Dane Cook. "The driver stopped all the way down the block and put the car in reverse and then got out with his friend and said, 'Oh, my God! Oh, my God!'" The suspect then drove off.

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By Ben Muessig in News on November 29, 2009 10:00 AM

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NannyState

28 years old, multiple traffic offenses, and a 2007 Infiniti. Why does this all make so much sense?

inoyourider

What a piece of trash...shot a man in the chest and only served two years?

Time for life.

Or even better (and my fav), the death penalty and send the bill to his family.

MEDICNYC

To "thewildpansy" try finishing the article before asking stupid questions.

thewildpansy

Hey FAGGOT, try reading Jen's response - the last line was added after. Fucking faggot.

bronxite

Sadly Baychester Avenue is a straightaway - ideal for speeding -at least the first three cars go past any red light - but also there is a great disrespect for rules and authority...The fact that Sheldon Reid has a record and still acts with disregard is no surprise. Walk into any school and you will encounter parents and children who actively work against whatever authority exists and create an untenable situation for those who strive to succeed... Sheldon Reid, hit and run....as well as all those young gang shooters- some close by right in Edenwald - they once sat in classrooms where teachers strove to address their poor behavior and were countered by resistent - often socially abusive parents as well as by the system who swept things under the rug and moved them along...so that they would be someone else's problem...well... here they are adults, murdering and creating chaos and pain around them...Surprising? - no- they have been allowed to breed and fester and society gets back the end the product of years of sidestepping the issue....it is really sad on both ends - My condolences to Ms. Powell's family - here is a woman striving and working hard, happy and in love murdered by a career criminal. Terrible - but it will happen again and again and again....Society allows it.