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.