NYPD Officer Charged With DWI, Reportedly After Crash In Snowstorm
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) -- An NYPD officer was charged with driving while intoxicated in Brooklyn Thursday, reportedly after he was involved in a crash as snow fell Monday night.
Joseph Mcauliffe, 56, was arrested and charged shortly before 10 p.m. Monday in the 67th Precinct in Brooklyn, police said.
Police did not provide further details. But DNAInfo reported Mcauliffe was arrested after allegedly hitting another vehicle at East 58th Street and Kings Highway in East Flatbush, Brooklyn.
He was off duty at the time, police told the publication.
The incident happened about an hour before a travel ban that applied to everything but emergency vehicles and a handful of other exceptions went into effect in the city, in anticipation of a blizzard.
Mcauliffe has 30 years' experience on the NYPD force, the publication reported.