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Driver Pleads Not Guilty in Deadly Hit and Run of NYPD Officer
The Long Island woman accused of hitting and killing a NYC police officer while driving drunk on a highway pleaded not guilty in court, where prosecutors also revealed new details about the case. NBC New York’s Marc Santia reports.
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Woman Accused of Drunken Hit-and-Run That Killed NYPD Cop on LIE Pleads Not Guilty
The woman charged with killing NYPD Officer Anastasio Tsakos while drunk driving and attempting to flee the scene faced a judge in a Queens courtroom Tuesday. Jessica Beauvais, 32, was arraigned on a 13-count indictment in which she faces multiple manslaughter charges, as well as two DUI counts, aggravated criminally negligent homicide, and a slew of other charges in connection…
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Woman Indicted in Deadly Hit-Run That Flung NYPD Veteran Nearly 40 Feet in Air
A 32-year-old Long Island woman has been charged in a 13-count grand jury indictment with aggravated manslaughter, aggravated criminally negligent homicide and impaired driving, among other offenses, in the hit-and-run death of a veteran NYPD cop who was assisting at an accident scene last month. Jessica Beauvais was allegedly driving while intoxicated and with a suspended license when she hit…
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Family, Friends Mourn NYPD Officer at Funeral After Woman's Drunken Hit-And-Run
A veteran NYPD officer who was struck and killed by an alleged drunken hit-and-run driver last week as he was directing traffic away from the scene of an earlier deadly crash was memorialized Tuesday at a funeral. News 4’s Gaby Acevedo reports.
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Hundreds Pay Respects to NYPD Officer Killed in Hit-And-Run
A viewing for Officer Anastasios Tsakos, 43, was held Monday at St. Paraskevi Greek Orthodox Shrine Church in Greenlawn, Long Island. NBC New York’s Ida Siegal reports.
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NYPD Officer, Beloved Colleague and Dad Killed in Hit-Run, Mourned at Funeral
A veteran NYPD officer who was struck and killed by an alleged drunken hit-and-run driver last week as he was directing traffic away from the scene of an earlier deadly crash was memorialized Tuesday at a funeral. Officer Anastasios Tsakos, 43, was on the Long Island Expressway in Queens exactly a week ago when he was struck by a car…
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Neighbors Mourn NYPD Officer Killed in Hit-And-Run; Driver Faces 13 Charges
An NYPD highway officer has died after being hit by an alleged drunken driver as he investigated a crash scene on the Long Island Expressway early Tuesday, officials say. NBC New York’s John Chandler reports.