Somewhat heavy on the vacation cheer?
Three off-duty cops have already been busted for alleged drunken driving this month, in keeping with the NYPD.
The busts come within the lead-up to the vacations, at a time when NYPD bureau, precinct and fraternal group Christmas events are in full swing — and so is the booze.
“It’s the vacation season,” a police supply stated.
It isn’t clear the place any of the officers had been coming from although.
Jose Dejesus Jr., 27, was arrested round 7 a.m. Saturday on Staten Island after a single-vehicle crash at 24 Roosevelt St. in Emerson Hill, police sources stated.
Dejesus was charged with driving whereas intoxicated, driving whereas skill impaired and for refusing to take a sobriety check, police stated.
A day earlier, Sheikh Aktaruzzaman, 28, was picked up on the identical fees after being caught sleeping in his car round 8:30 a.m. inside the forty third Precinct, which covers the southeast part of The Bronx.
Aktaruzzaman’s automobile was discovered in the midst of the road at White Plains Street and Wooden Avenue in Parkchester, police sources stated.
And Donald Johnson, 32, was arrested round 7 a.m. on Dec. 6. within the 108th Precinct in Queens, which incorporates Lengthy Island Metropolis, Sunnyside and Woodside.
Johnson was pulled over after somebody reported him, the sources stated.
NYPD officers have additionally been working an elevated quantity of time beyond regulation because the drive has shrunk lately.
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