Donnell Worsley

Donnell Worsley was riding his bicycle near the 1600 block of Brambleton Avenue
at 1:30 a.m. July 25 when he was struck by a police vehicle. Worsley was hospitalized in serious condition,
and he died Sept. 24. According to this article

Donnell graduated from high school and attended Key Business
College where he received a degree as a massage therapist. He was
recently employed at Atlantic Dominion,according to his obituary

from ABC 13

Mother says punishment too light for officers
who caused son's death

WVEC.com

by Brian Farrell

Updated
Friday, Jul 22 at 1:56 PM

CHESAPEAKE -- "They didn't keep their word. They
didn't keep their promise that they made," said Carolyn McBride of the
Norfolk Commonwealth's Attorney's Office.

McBride's son, Donnell Worsley was riding his bike
when a Norfolk police car hit him. The impact put Worsley in a coma. He
died in September.

Officers Joey Bennett, Jr. and Derek Folston faced charges of
reckless driving and involuntary manslaughter as a result.

McBride told 13News she trusted Commonwealth's Attorney Gregory
Underwood when he assured her Bennett and Folston would be held
accountable for Worsley's death.

"At first, they said they had the evidence to bring 'em up for
indictment, but, now, they saying they don't have enough evidence to
take 'em, to charge them with involuntary manslaughter charge,"
explained McBride. "They killed my son, but they're walking away with
it, and, I say again, if it had been my son that would have did it to
the police officer, he would have got some time."

Bennett and Folston were in separate cars the morning of the crash
that led to Worsley's death. Responding to a non-emergency call, they
shot to a speed at least 20 miles above the speed limit. Folston was
driving the car that hit Worsley.

McBride said Underwood initially told her the officers simply were
racing.

"You changed it to they was on a call. You didn't tell me at first
they was on a call. You said they wasn't on a call. They was just
racing," said McBride. "Even if they was on a call, they had no lights
on, no sirens. They could have prevented this."

Bennett received a sentence for reckless driving earlier this month.
It included 40 hours of community service and 30 days in jail, with the
judge suspending the jail time.

Folston was sentenced Friday on a charge of reckless driving-20+ MPH
over the speed limit. "The judge sentenced him to six months in jail
with all of the time suspended conditioned upon a year of uniform good
behavior, payment of $1,000 fine, completion of 100 hours of community
service, 60 days suspension of driver’s license, and completion of a
safe driving course," Commonwealth's Attorney spokeswoman Amanda Howie
told WVEC.com.

"They saying it's okay. You can take a life, and you can still have
your job. You can still get paid. What examples are they setting for
these younger children? What examples are they setting for the next
generation?" offered McBride.

Worsley, who studied massage therapy, had plans to start up his own
business and discussed those with his mother shortly before the crash.

"To see my son laying in that hospital in the condition that he was
in, you know, and, then, no one is taking the blame for it, and knowing
they're guilty it hurts, and it's taken a lot out of me," shared
McBride. "They're never gonna charge 'em with the death of my son, so,
what am I supposed to do?"