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Off-Duty NYPD Officer Charged With DWI After Allegedly Hitting Two Pedestrians
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Scott Heins
Published May 9, 2016
Modified May 9, 2016
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An off-duty NYPD officer was arrested for drunk driving Sunday morning in Manhattan. Jean Verdesoto, 32, was taken into custody just after 5 a.m. yesterday and charged with DWI and refusal of a breath test in Inwood.
The Daily News reports that Verdesoto hit two pedestrians with his BMW as he rolled into a crosswalk at 10th Avenue and West 206th Street. Police sources told the tabloid that two men, 26 and 28, were not injured in the incident, but an NYPD spokesperson could not confirm any details regarding an alleged collision.
In a separate incident, police also arrested Corrections Officer Everald Searchwell, 54, on DWI charges Sunday morning. Searchwell reportedly crashed his car at the corner of Provost Avenue and Light Street in the Bronx just before 7:30 a.m. yesterday.
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Scott Heins
Scott Heins is a freelance photo and video journalist based in New York City, and a frequent contributor to Gothamist + WNYC. His work often centers around labor rights, housing, and policing. In 2018-2019 he traveled to four states while covering a wave of public school teachers strikes, with work featured in The New York Times, The Intercept, Getty Images, Splinter, and Bloomberg Photos. Scott is a dues-paying member of the National Writers Union's Freelance Solidarity Project.
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