Saturday, December 05, 2009

Detective James O'Connell Arrested for Drunk Driving

An off-duty New York City police detective has been arrested on a charge of drunken driving.

Police said Detective James O'Connell was arrested early Friday in Queens and charged with driving while intoxicated.

Michael Palladino, president of the Detectives Endowment Association, a police union, was out of town and unavailable for comment.

O'Connell is at least the third off-duty NYPD officer arrested on DWI and other charges since September.

On Wednesday, Officer Kevin Spellman pleaded not guilty to charges of fatally hitting a 70-year-old woman while driving drunk in the Bronx.

Officer Andrew Kelly has pleaded not guilty to DWI and vehicular manslaughter in the September death of a woman in Brooklyn.

Both officers have been suspended.

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