# No jail for the driver who killed Jordan Sachs

> A Towson student ran a light and killed a man and his dog in a crosswalk. A judge sent her home, not to jail.
- Title: No jail for the driver who killed Jordan Sachs · The Banner
- Summary: A Towson student ran a light and killed a man and his dog in a crosswalk. A judge sent her home, not to jail. A few seconds of impatience behind the wheel…
- Keywords: baltimore, traffic safety, courts, sentencing, pedestrian deaths, news, local, jail, driver, killed, Jordan, Sachs
- Source: The Banner — https://thebanner.com/community/criminal-justice/towson-driver-sentencing-pedestrian-death-5WUUAC7AIFGXPBPBENPEQTGKUA
- Author: Dylan Segelbaum
- Published: 2026-09-14T22:47:48.702+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: baltimore, traffic safety, courts, sentencing, pedestrian deaths, news, local
## He was more than a headline
Jordan Sachs, 32, was a pharmacist, musician, cook, Pokemon card collector and fiance. His mother, Luisa Renzi, called him a Renaissance man and asked that he not be remembered only for how he died.

> My future with Jordan was taken from me that night
## A red light in Towson
On Nov. 12, 2025, a 2014 Toyota Camry ran a red light at Towsontown Boulevard West and Emerson Drive, hitting Sachs and his Australian shepherd mix, Archie, in the crosswalk. Both were killed.
## The driver was 21
Oluwajomiloju "JJ" Sekiteri, a Towson University senior and a logistics specialist third class in the Navy Reserve, pleaded through tears that she would spend her life honoring Sachs' memory.

> I wish more than anything that I could go back and make a different decision
## Home, not a cell
Judge Ralph Sapia gave Sekiteri 18 months of home detention plus probation, 170 hours of community service, more than $3,700 in restitution, and a three-year driving ban.
## The state wanted jail
Assistant State's Attorney Felise Kelly asked for 18 months in the county detention center. Sachs did everything right and waited his turn to cross, she said, while Sekiteri tried to beat a yellow light.

> She simply didn't want to wait a few minutes for a red light.
## Service aimed at young drivers
Sekiteri's attorney called her clean record proof this was an aberration. The judge split her service between speaking to students at county schools and Towson, and helping at the Baltimore Humane Society.

> an ordinary day could become a lifelong tragedy in a manner of seconds
## Key takeaway

A few seconds of impatience behind the wheel cost a 32-year-old his life, and the sentence that followed turned on character witnesses rather than jail time.