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NYPD Cop Hurt in Miami Shooting Arrested for Allegedly Driving Drunk

By Wil Cruz | August 13, 2012 2:16pm
Harold Thomas, 49, was arrested for allegedly driving drunk and assaulting a fellow cop on August 13, 2012.
Harold Thomas, 49, was arrested for allegedly driving drunk and assaulting a fellow cop on August 13, 2012.
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WASHINGTON HEIGHTS — A veteran NYPD detective badly hurt last year when he was shot during a Miami robbery was arrested Monday for assaulting a fellow officer following a DWI stop in Washington Heights, police said.

Harold Thomas, 49, was off-duty when cops pulled his Cadillac Escalade over about 12:45 a.m., police sources said.

The 28-year veteran had words with one of the cops and a fight broke out, police said. Thomas, who has worked with the Joint Terrorism Task Force, was taken into custody, police said.

He was charged with second-degree assault, obstructing governmental administration, resisting arrest, driving while intoxicated and refusal to take a breath test, police said.

The arresting officer, whose identity was not released, suffered a knee injury, a source said. It was unclear if the cop was taken to a hospital.

In July last year, Thomas was shot in the leg and critically injured during an attempted robbery while on vacation in Miami, Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said at the time.

Two men were arrested after the July 23 shooting.