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On-Duty NYPD Officer Crashes Car In Alleged DUI After Party For Slain Officer
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Christopher Robbins
Published Feb 28, 2012
Modified Feb 28, 2012
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A fund-raising party in East New York for slain NYPD officer Peter Figoski's family ended with an officer crashing his service vehicle in what appears to be a drunk driving incident. According to DNAinfo, 31-year-old Christopher Morris was on-duty when he was arrested for DUI and refusing to take a Breathalyzer test around 5 a.m. this morning. “He got pretty bombed early in the evening, when the party started," a source tells the Daily News. Morris was allegedly put on desk duty at the 75h Precinct after his colleagues realized he was so intoxicated, but the paper states he "somehow drove a marked cruiser back to the fundraiser a short time later."
Morris crashed the car into a light pole at the intersection of Schenck and Sutter avenues, a few blocks from the Lindenwood Diner where the party was held. The lightpole fell onto another car, but no one was injured in the crash. Morris has been an NYPD officer for around five years, and the IAB is investigating the incident, as well as surveillance footage from the restaurant to see if any other on-duty cops were in attendance.
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Christopher Robbins
Christopher Robbins is a New York City reporter covering transportation, affordable housing, local politics, and criminal justice. His work has also appeared in New York Magazine, The Village Voice and The New York Times. Chris is a graduate of Patrick Henry High School in Roanoke, Virginia, and enjoys biking to Fort Tilden in the summertime.
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