Jersey City Councilmember Amy DeGise will lose her driver's license for one year and pay a $5,000 fine after admitting to leaving the scene of a hit-and-run accident
Make your contribution now and help Gothamist thrive in 2023.Jersey City Councilmember Amy DeGise pleaded guilty in a Newark court Tuesday on one charge related to a hit-and-run with a bicyclist last July. DeGise, 37, will lose her driver's license for one year and pay a $5,000 fine after admitting to leaving the scene of an accident.
The guilty plea represents the first time DeGise has publicly admitted any wrongdoing, although she said at a City Council meeting in August that she felt terrible about what happened. “At the time that you struck the bicycle, did you at all stop at that location at Forrester and Martin Luther King Drive, or close thereto, to report the accident?” attorney Brian Neary asked. “No,” DeGise replied.Judge Chandra Cole asked Amy DeGise if she was guilty of leaving an accident in court Jan. 24. “Yes,” the councilwoman replied.DeGise left the courtroom without making any comments or answering questions from reporters in attendance.
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