Thursday, October 10, 2013

Cop busted after crashing while driving drunk

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A 12-year veteran cop from the 42nd Precinct struck another car on the Cross Island Parkway.




An off-duty cop who was driving drunk hit a car in Queens and took off, police said Wednesday.


Francis Soto, 37, was arrested near the crash site by an MTA Bridge and Tunnels officer.


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The 12-year veteran struck another car on the Cross Island Parkway around 10:35 p.m. Tuesday, police said. He drove off, but was followed by a third driver, who flagged down police near the Throgs Neck Bridge, police said.


There were no injuries. Soto, who is assigned to the 42nd Precinct, was charged with driving while impaired, leaving the scene of an accident and refusing to take a breath test.





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