Rochester, N.Y.
The Greece Police officer accused in a hit-and-run that caused a woman to deliver her baby prematurely was back in court Friday.
Friday in court, the prosecution played surveillance video of Officer Nick Joseph drinking at Spenders, a bar on Lyell Avenue, the night before the hit-and-run.
They say Joseph received seven shots of alcohol in under an hour.
At 12:42 a.m., the prosecution says he received a double shot of Captain Morgan, a double shot of whiskey at 12:57, a single shot of an unidentifiable alcohol at 12:58, a single shot of vodka at 1:11, and a single shot of rum at 1:35.
The defense said he took a sip of each but didn’t necessarily finish all seven shots. They say there’s no way he could drink it all.
The bartender from Spenders testified, and said Joseph did not appear to be drunk.
Joseph is accused of crashing into a stalled car on 390, then leaving the scene of an accident in June of last year.
The woman in the stalled car was forced to deliver her baby 14 weeks early, leading to health complications for the child.
Joseph says he blacked out when he crashed the car, and doesn’t remember what happened next.
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On Monday March 16 , 2009 Former Rochester Police Officer and Greece Police Sergeant Nicholas Joseph was found guilty by Supreme Court Justice Francis A. Affronti. I have writren about Nicholas Joseph before, because I actually know him pretty good. In 1997 I sued him and his brother David Joseph, also a Sergeant with The Rochester Police Department for violating my Civil Rights. I was awarded a unanimous verdict by a Federal Court jury in 1998. And on Monday March , 2009 I sat in Justice Affronti's courtroom, like I had during Joseph's trial, and I was there to see the look on Nicholas Joseph's face as Justice Affronti, read aloud the word "GUILTY" after each and every count on the indictment. I knew Nicholas Joseph was a dirty cop in 1997, and more than 10 years later I was there to see him be convicted of the hit and run that sent a young pregnant woman into premature labor on 390 in Greece. Nick Joseph was high on cocaine and alcohol and fled the scene like the coward that he is. And now with him having hi8m been convicted, and the Monroe County District Attorney's Office launching an investigation into the Greece Police Department, I hope they uncover more corruption starting with Greece Ploce Chief Merritt Rahn.
Davy V.
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