The driver who killed public school teacher Matthew Jensen in a Williamsburg hit-and-run was sentenced on Wednesday, nearly two years to the day after Jensen’s death.
Tariq Witherspoon, 31, was sentenced in Brooklyn Supreme Court Wednesday, nearly two years after he got behind the wheel of a Rolls Royce while off-duty and mowed down teacher Matthew Jensen, 58, as he crossed Bayard St. near McGuinness Blvd. in Greenpoint.
A killer who admitted to murdering and hacking up his girlfriend in Brooklyn was sentenced to 25 years to life behind bars but not before insisting that his spontaneous confession, four years after the slaying, was somehow coerced.
Prominent rapper Sheff G not only drilled hiphop lyrics, but also allegedly ran a major Brooklyn street gang that police busted up in a major operation