Back in March rapper Jim Jones was arrested for driving his Bentley in a SoHo bus lane with a suspended license. Today he appeared at Manhattan Criminal Court (late) and copped to a misdemeanor traffic violation that cost him $200 plus an $80 surcharge. According to his lawyer he didn't know his license was suspended and "must have missed the notices that he owed a fine." more ›

Yesterday afternoon, a driver with a suspended license was backing up on Amsterdam Avenue to get a parking space and struck two women crossing the street at West 98th Street. Yolanda Casal, 78, was pronounced dead at the hospital while the other woman, her 41-year-old daughter Anais Emanuel, was in stable condition. A witness told the Post, "They had the right of way and that guy just kept backing up. He was trying to get that spot." more ›

Earlier today, rapper Jim Jones was arrested by police for driving his 2011 Bentley around SoHo in a bus lane with a suspended license. We guess that NYC really meant it when they said they would be cracking down on suspended licenses after the tragic bus accident earlier this month. more ›

NY State bus driver crackdown, which has been going on since the March 12 fatal Bronx bus crash, has now caught city school bus drivers. According to WABC 7, "The men, drivers in Queens, had reportedly been driving with suspended licenses, in one instance for more than 15 years. They were picked up by detectives with the Queens District Attorney's Office for obtaining new licenses by submitting false names and different dates of birth and social security numbers to the Department of Motor Vehicles." more ›

Yesterday at around 5:40 p.m., a woman crossing an Upper East Side street was struck by a private garbage truck driver. And it turns out the driver had a suspended license. Laurence Renard, a 35-year-old fashion stylist, was crossing First Avenue at 90th Street "when the truck took a sharp left and smashed into her with such force that her body was severed,"according to the Post's sources. more ›

A few weeks ago, right after dropping his bulldog at the vet's for knee surgery, Ice T was arrested for driving with a suspended license near the Lincoln Tunnel. Ice T said it was bullshit and blamed an overage rookie cop (which raised the ire of the PBA). Now Ice T says he's suing...the DMV. more ›

Ice T was arrested for driving with a suspended license (he was caught because he wasn't driving with a seat belt on) but the rapper-actor says the cop is a "punk bitch" who is lying—and claims his NJ driver's license is VALID. Luckily, he says his bulldog, who had surgery today, is doing okay! more ›

A 311 administrator was struck and killed outside of her Staten Island home yesterday morning by a man driving with a suspended license. Roxane Murano, 59, was hit by a 2009 BMW driven by Oliger Hysenagoll. The force was apparently enough to knock Murano out of her shoes, and she died of her injuries hours later at Richmond University Medical Center. Mayor Bloomberg said in a statement, "Every one of her co-workers I’ve heard from tonight has said that she was a truly dedicated City employee. My thoughts and prayers are with her family and loved ones in this terribly difficult time." more ›

Terrible—WABC 7 reports that a pedestrian on a sidewalk at Park Avenue and East 50th Street was killed when a box truck jumped a curb. "A box truck that apparently made an illegal left from Park Avenue to East 50th Street collided with a pickup truck, which was northbound on Park Avenue. The force of the collision pushed the box truck onto the sidewalk, mowing down the victim. Neither driver was injured. Both were tested and came up negative for alcohol consumption. However, the box truck driver will likely be charged with driving with a suspended license." more ›

Yesterday, the driver who struck two teens walking to high school in Brooklyn was he man who hit two teenagers as they were walking to school yesterday was charged with driving while intoxicated, vehicular assault, and driving without a license. And the judge at the arraignment seemed very disgusted with driver Oliver Black. more ›

Yesterday morning around 9 a.m, two students were walking to Lincoln High School when they were struck by an unlicensed SUV on Ocean Parkway and West Street in Brooklyn. The teens, both 17, were taken to the hospital; the male student is stable while the female is in critical condition. WPIX reports that the "SUV's 54-year-old driver stopped at the scene and waited for police to arrive" and "was arrested and charged with driving with a suspended license." One Lincoln HS student told WCBS 2, "People zoom up and down this block, I don't know where they need to go." Update: The Daily News says driver Oliver Black was allegedly drunk. more ›

At the end of last month, three people were killed in two hit-and-run accidents in New York City; the motorist responsible for each accident was driving with a suspended license. On Staten Island, the man who killed an elderly Staten Island couple walking to church had his license suspended 29 times, and the driver accused of mowing down 42-year-old bride-to-be Sonya Powell also had a suspended license, for failing to a pay a ticket for going 80 mph in a 50-mph zone. Yesterday, Powell's fiancé David Shephard joined others at City Hall to demand some big changes. more ›

Allmir Lekperic, the 26-year-old Staten Island driver charged with fatally striking an elderly couple walking to a Thanksgiving Eve church mass and leaving the scene, posted the $50,000 bail. And his sister was also arraigned, for her part in trying to help him cover up his crime. more ›

Last night, a couple in their 70s were fatally struck by a vehicle as they were crossing a Staten Island street to attend a church mass. The Staten Island Advance reports, "Lillian Sabados [77] was pronounced dead at Staten Island University Hospital, Ocean Breeze, at 4 this morning. Her husband, Peter S. Sabados, 78, was pronounced dead shortly after the 7:15 p.m. accident in front of our Our Lady Queen of Peace R.C. Church." more ›

Yesterday morning around 5:20 a.m., a woman on her way to work was fatally struck by a driver on Flatbush Avenue at St. Mark's Avenue. The driver, off-duty corrections officer Damon Padmore, was arrested for driving with a suspended license; other charges against him are pending. more ›

A nine-year-old boy on his way to the temple in Williamsburg yesterday was struck and killed by a driver who was operating her vehicle on a suspended license. The accident took place as 54-year-old Novella Bilkerdyk made a left turn onto Wallabout Avenue off Bedford, striking 9-year-old Joshua Ganzfried with her Honda Accord and dragging him under it for a few feet. Police in Brooklyn charged Bilkerdyk with driving with a suspended license after having it taken away from her in 2007 for multiple insurance lapses. The Post talked to a witness who did not want to be named but told them, "The driver got out and started screaming hysterically," as he says Bilkerdyk screamed, "A Jewish boy! A Jewish boy!" Ganzfried was one of seven children from an Orthodox family, dressed in traditional garb as he headed to Saturday services. Neighbors tell the News that the corner the incident took place is notoriously a dangerous spot. more ›

What's the point of a suspended license again? Because some drivers who shouldn't be driving still are—with some tragic results. In Suffolk County over the weekend, a woman with a suspended license driving a minivan fatally struck a young man on his bicycle. Newsday reports, "With his father going blind, Daniel Mauricio Cornejo Carranza, 16, took a weekend job at a fast-food restaurant to help his family make ends meet"—the 16-year-old was biking to his early Sunday morning shift. Driver Karen Omara-Swett inititally thought she hit a deer but saw the clothing on the side of the road and called 911. She faces "third-degree aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle" charges and a fine; the police say the glare from the sun at the time might have been a factor. And on the LIE, Bronx resident David Nieves was arrested for allegedly riding his motorcycle at 120 mph; he was "charged with reckless driving, aggravated unlicensed driving and unlawful fleeing" (because he didn't immediately pull over). more ›

After his campaign RV fatally struck a 9-year-old boy walking home from school Tuesday afternoon, the Daily News reports that City Council candidate Michael Ricatto may drop out of the race. Ricatto, who was devastated by Ibrihim Ahmed (pictured)'s death, had suspended his campaign and his spokesman told the News, "We don't know how we're going to move forward." Ricatto had been eyeing newly elected State Senator Joseph Addabbo's Council seat in next month's special election. The RV's driver, Alexander Aponte, was arrested for having a suspended license (due to owing money from car insurance lapse). While some witnesses say Aponte, who remained at the scene, seemed to be trying to beat the light, he will not face charges for Ibrihim's death. Transportation Alternatives issued a statement, criticizing the lack of serious penalties for drivers with suspended licenses." more ›

Rafael Sanz experienced what had to be the most intensely emotional day in his life yesterday after his pregnant wife was struck and killed by a van. Dr. Lynn Kempt at St. Barnabas Hospital told the Daily News, "You know that song, 'New York Minute?' I had to tell this poor man that his wife was dead, and then I walked him down to show him his son." The family of Donnette Sanz was about to hold a shower for her will now prepare a funeral instead. more ›

An awful tragedy unfolded in the Bronx yesterday afternoon: A 33-year-old traffic agent was crossing 188th Street at Webster Avenue when a "runaway van" hit her. Donnette Sanz was propelled into the path of a school bus, and she was pinned underneath. A witness told NY1, "The van had hit the lady first, she flipped over. And the bus had got in the way, and hit her and ran her over." more ›

The drunk driver who hit a Nassau County police officer early Sunday morning managed to "beat the system" by getting a NJ license even while his NY driver's license was suspended. The cop, Kenneth Baribault who had just pulled over a different DWI driver, was in his patrol car when Rahiem Griffin plowed into the cruiser with his Merecedes at 75MPH. more ›

Police have charged the driver who mowed down pedestrians outside the State Supreme Court with "reckless endangerment and aggravated unlicensed operation, for having a suspended license." Though 33-year-old Queens resident Lorenzo Bello had a seizure during yesterday's morning crash, it wasn't his first. Per the Daily News, "His wife told cops he has a history of seizures and shouldn't be behind the wheel." more ›