Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb today announced that the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) secured its first court judgment against a dangerous driver under the Strengthening Traffic Enforcement, Education, and Responsibility (STEER) Act. OAG also filed 12 new lawsuits against Maryland and Virginia drivers who have amassed a combined total of 1,989 driving infractions and who collectively owe the District nearly $620,000 in unpaid fines, penalties, and fees.

OAG recently secured a first-of-its-kind judgment against Ayanna Khalya Wilson, a Virginia driver who owes the District $77,100 for 244 traffic violations. OAG has since filed new lawsuits against eight Maryland drivers and four Virginia drivers who owe the District $619,632 in unpaid fines, penalties, and fees—primarily for excessive speeding on DC streets. OAG secured this first judgment and filed the new suits using authority granted by the DC Council under the STEER Act, which enables the office to hold drivers who flout DC traffic laws accountable even if they do not live in the District. The 12 new lawsuits follow 12 previous STEER Act lawsuits filed since the beginning of 2025.

“These out-of-District drivers routinely and flagrantly broke DC traffic laws, racking up and refusing to pay tens of thousands of dollars in speeding tickets,” said Attorney General Schwalb. “When drivers come into the District they must respect our laws, and this judgment marks an important milestone in our continuing efforts to put an end to reckless drivers speeding through our city and putting pedestrians, bikers, and other motorists at risk.”

“Today’s actions highlight how a small group of drivers can be responsible for an eye-popping number of dangerous speeding violations, putting DC residents and visitors at serious risk. These are people who didn’t think they’d be held responsible and had no problem driving dangerously through DC neighborhoods thousands of times. Now, thanks to the STEER Act, they’re facing serious consequences. The message should be loud and clear: slow down,” said Councilmember Charles Allen. “I’m grateful to DC Attorney General Brian Schwalb for showing leadership and taking action to combat dangerous driving with the authority the DC Council has given him. I’m proud to have authored the STEER Act because it’s delivering real accountability for dangerous drivers no matter where they live.”
 

First STEER ACT Judgment

On September 17, 2025, OAG secured its first judgment against a dangerous driver using the authority granted under the STEER Act. The DC Superior Court entered a judgment against Ayanna Khalya Wilson, ordering Wilson to pay $77,100 in fines, fees and penalties to the District.

OAG filed suit against Wilson in April 2025, detailing how Wilson had amassed 244 unpaid traffic citations, including 202 for excessive speeding, failed to pay those tickets, and ignored repeated efforts by the District to collect this debt. The Court found Wilson liable and ordered her to pay the District. Now, the District will enforce the judgment and collect what Wilson owes.

The judgment is available here.
 

New STEER ACT Lawsuits Filed

From July 2025 to September 2025, OAG filed 12 additional lawsuits against Maryland and Virginia drivers who threaten public safety in the District and who collectively owe $619,632 in unpaid traffic citations. The vast majority of tickets accumulated by these drivers are citations for excessive speeding. 

These suits were filed against:

• A Maryland driver who owes $102,222 to the District for 323 traffic citations—including 259 speeding tickets—across a now-expired New York driver's license, two Virginia license plates, and 15 Maryland license plates. Of the 259 speeding tickets, 48 were for driving speeds that constitute reckless driving, or driving 20 miles per hour or more over the speed limit, and 11 of the 48 constitute aggravated reckless driving, or driving 30 miles per hour or more over the speed limit. The complaint is available here.
   
• A Virginia driver who owes $95,508 for 345 traffic citations, including 264 speeding tickets. She accumulated these citations across a New Jersey driver's license, and New Jersey, Virginia, and Maryland license plates. She amassed the majority of these citations —247— in under two years, from January 2023 through October 2024. All but four of these infractions were for dangerous and unsafe driving in the District. Three citations are for driving 20 miles per hour or more above the speed limit (speeds that would constitute reckless driving), 48 citations are for driving 16-20 miles per hour above the speed limit, and 213 citations are for driving 11-15 miles per hour above the speed limit. The complaint is available here.
   
• A Maryland driver who owes the District $66,900 for 207 traffic citations, accruing  152 citations in a three-year period, from 2021 through 2024. One hundred and fifty-two of her 207 citations are for speeding, including 33 citations for driving 20 miles per hour or more above the speed limit (speeds that would constitute reckless driving) and three citations for driving 30 miles per hour or more above the speed limit (speeds that would constitute aggravated reckless driving). Additionally, 45 citations are for driving 16-20 miles per hour above the speed limit, and 74 citations are for driving 11-15 miles per hour above the speed limit. She has been cited for other dangerous driving infractions including running red lights, for which she received eight citations, and running stop signs. The complaint is available here.
   
• A Virginia driver who owes the District $61,512 for 197 traffic citations, including 166 for speeding. Of those tickets, 21 are for driving speeds that constitute reckless driving, or driving 20 miles per hour or more over the speed limit, and 27 are for driving 16-20 miles per hour over the speed limit. She accumulated the large majority of these tickets over an eight-month period from October 2023 through May 2024. During that time, she averaged more than 17 tickets per month, or approximately four tickets per week. The complaint is available here.
   
• A Maryland driver who owes the District $55,446 for 194 traffic citations. One hundred eighty-two citations are for speeding in the District, including 32 for driving 16-20 miles per hour over the speed limit and 10 for driving 20 miles per hour or more over the speed limit (speeds that constitute reckless driving). In 2024 alone, she accrued 123 tickets, averaging more than two tickets per week. The complaint is available here.
   
• A Maryland driver who owes the District $47,850 for 129 traffic infractions, including 99 for excessive speeding, nine for failing to come to a complete stop at stop signs, and two for running red lights. The complaint is available here.
   
• A Maryland driver who owes the District $47,868 for 144 traffic infractions, including 130 for speeding and five other tickets for dangerous driving, including running red lights and failing to come to a complete stop at a stop sign. The complaint is available here.
   
• A Maryland driver who owes the District $32,532 for 125 traffic infractions, including 108 for excessive speeding. The complaint is available here.
   
• A Maryland driver who owes $28,632 to the District for 78 traffic citations, 77 of which are for speeding. The complaint is available here.
   
• A Virginia driver who owes the District $28,044 for 75 traffic infractions, including 66 speeding tickets. The complaint is available here.
   
• A Virginia driver who owes the District $27,840 for 110 traffic infractions, including 84 for speeding. The complaint is available here.
   
• A Maryland driver who owes the District $25,278 for 62 traffic infractions, including 51 for speeding. The complaint is available here.

These matters are being handled by Assistant Attorneys General Alexis Hawkins and Jacob Morse, supervised by Section Chief Kimberly Johnson and Assistant Section Chief Kerslyn Featherstone of OAG’s Civil Enforcement Section.