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3 City Employees, Including Cop, Busted For Drunk Driving On 4th
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Ben Yakas
Published Jul 5, 2013
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Three off-duty city employees were arrested yesterday for drunk driving-related charges. NYPD officer Elias Blunt, 30, was arrested for drunk driving after cops stopped him in Brooklyn around 6 p.m., and he refused to take a breath test. He has been charged with driving while intoxicated.
Then MTA Bus Driver Bernard Alexander, 47, was arrested and charged for refusing to take a breath test and driving while his ability was impaired around 11 p.m. in the Bronx. And since there's always room for one more, NYC Department of Corrections Captain Alcidnea Knupp, 48, was arrested after hitting two parked cars along Cross Bay Blvd. in South Ozone Park around 11:15 p.m. She was charged with resisting arrest and driving while ability impaired.
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