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Off-Duty Cop Arrested For DWI After Driving Wrong Way Down 2nd Ave.
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Ben Yakas
Published Apr 1, 2012
Modified Apr 1, 2012
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An off-duty cop was charged with drunk driving after getting into an accident on the Upper East Side last night. Police say that Officer Raymond Dimaria, 35, drove the wrong way down Second Avenue and smashed into a Nissan Maxima on East 63rd Street around 1:20 a.m.
The 40-year-old driver of the other car was taken to Bellevue Hospital and treated for minor injuries. Dimaria, who joined the NYPD in 2005, was arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated. He was also suspended from duty from the 66th Precinct in Brooklyn after his arrest.
Dimara joins an illustrious group of on-duty and off-duty cops who have been arrested for drinking, including Officer Rafael Casiano, Officer Christopher Morris, Officer Edilio Mejia, Sergeant Diego Vivar, and Officer Anthony Rodriguez.
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