May 16, 2024

The driver has since been indicted my MCAO on 2nd degree murder.

This has it all: domestic violence, DUI, driving on a suspended license, hit-and-run w/fatality, ramming police vehicles (which should amount to aggravated assault), and ultimately murdering a bicyclist while fleeing.

Though i would expect prosecution to overlook (as they always do) the hit-and-run because, well, hit-and-run is routinely overlooked — by which i mean that by statute, and sentence for it must run consecutively (and not concurrently) to any other crime charged, so they pretty much always just give probation for hit-and run…

Driver on suspended license hits and kills cyclist in Phoenix

Phoenix police reported that 33-year-old Jamarr Dwayne Young was charged with second-degree murder after hitting and killing a cyclist Thursday night while attempting to flee from police during a domestic violence incident.

At about 8 p.m., police responded to reports of domestic violence at a home near 16th Street and Southern Avenue, where Phoenix police found Young at the scene. Police described him as confrontational from the beginning of the encounter.

Young reportedly ignored police commands and was seen standing behind a vehicle, acting as if he was concealing something, according to court documents.

According to police, non-lethal tactics to arrest Young were deployed but he later entered a vehicle, using it to ram a police vehicle and flee northbound on 16th Street.

Young was proceeding north when he hit a cyclist headed east on Lynne Street.

Phoenix Firefighters arrived and rendered first aid to the cyclist who was pronounced dead on location, according to court documents.

Police said Young did not stop when he hit the cyclist and ignored attempts to pull him over.

Phoenix police Sgt. Rob Scherer said Young’s driving “became so erratic that the pursuit was called off.”

Young crashed his vehicle in an empty construction lot in Tempe and attempted to flee on foot before police arrested him.

Police said that Young exhibited symptoms of alcohol intoxication.

Young previously had his license revoked, then suspended in 2015 for a hit-and-run on a parked car

Criminal Case

MCAO release states he was indicted on a large number of serious felony counts in June 2024.

Maricopa County Superior Court case CR2024-123698. The defendant plead guilty to two counts and the others were dropped… Sentencing minute is here: 16 years prison for the 2nd Degree Murder charge then 3 years supervised probation for the hit/run

 

 

Yikes, the defendant had a LOT of prior encounters with the justice system:

Case Number	Name	Party Type	Birth Date	Address	Court
S-0300-DO-201400560	JAMARR D YOUNG	PETITIONER	07/1990	FLAGSTAFF, AZ 86004	Coconino County Superior
M-0341-CR-2015000144	JAMARR DWAYNE YOUNG	DEFENDANT	07/1990	FLAGSTAFF, AZ 86004	Flagstaff Municipal
M-0341-TR-2015001612	JAMARR DWAYNE YOUNG	DEFENDANT	07/1990	FLAGSTAFF, AZ 86004	Flagstaff Municipal
M-0341-TR-2016000857	JAMARR DWAYNE YOUNG	DEFENDANT	07/1990	FLAGSTAFF, AZ 86004	Flagstaff Municipal
J-0301-TR-2014006809	JAMARR DWAYNE YOUNG	DEFENDANT	07/1990	FLAGSTAFF, AZ 86001	Flagstaff Justice
J-0301-TR-2015001412	JAMARR DWAYNE YOUNG	DEFENDANT	07/1990	FLAGSTAFF, AZ 86001	Flagstaff Justice
S-0300-CR-201600800	JAMARR DWAYNE YOUNG	DEFENDANT	07/1990	FLAGSTAFF, AZ 86004	Coconino County Superior
V-1300-CR-201680093	JAMARR DWAYNE YOUNG	DEFENDANT	07/1990	FLAGSTAFF, AZ 86004	Yavapai County Superior
S-0300-DO-201600145	JAMARR DWAYNE YOUNG	RESPONDENT	07/1990	FLAGSTAFF, AZ 86004	Coconino County Superior
J-0301-TR-2023000441	JAMARR DWAYNE YOUNG	DEFENDANT	07/1990	FLAGSTAFF, AZ 86001	Flagstaff Justice
S-0700-CR-2020101725	Jamarr Dwayne Young	DEFENDANT	07/1990	Phoenix, AZ 85027	Maricopa County Superior
M-0341-CM-2023001627	JAMARR DWAYNE YOUNG	DEFENDANT	07/1990	FLAGSTAFF, AZ 86004	Flagstaff Municipal
S-0700-CR-2024123698	Jamarr Dwayne Young	DEFENDANT	07/1990	Phoenix, AZ 85027	Maricopa County Superior
M-0341-CM-2024001512	JAMARR DWAYNE YOUNG	DEFENDANT	07/1990	FLAGSTAFF, AZ 86004	Flagstaff Municipal
M-0341-CM-2024001604	JAMARR DWAYNE YOUNG	DEFENDANT	07/1990	FLAGSTAFF, AZ 86004	Flagstaff Mu