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An Off-Duty Bushwick Cop Was Arrested in His Own Precinct For Drunk Driving

...and driving the wrong way.

By Evan Haddad

May 2, 2018 · 1 min read

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An Off-Duty Bushwick Cop Was Arrested in His Own Precinct For Drunk Driving

...and driving the wrong way.

Evan Haddad May 2, 2018May 2, 2018 · 1 min read

An off-duty NYPD officer was arrested for drunk driving this weekend after he crashed into a police car parked in Bushwick — the same neighborhood he patrols, cops say.

Miguel Martinez, 38, hit the empty police car at around 2:20 a.m. on Sunday. Although authorities couldn’t say…

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