Fordham & Tremont
Crime & Mayhem

Correction Officer Arrested for DWI in The Bronx, Police Say

Tom Liddy

By Tom Liddy on September 29, 2012 3:20pm

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DNAinfo/Theodore Parisienne

BRONX — An off-duty correction officer was busted for DWI early Saturday morning, police said.

Lorenzo Brown, 35, was arrested just after 3 a.m. within the 46th precinct, which covers part of the Fordham section and University Heights.

Police did not disclose the address or circumstances of the alleged incident.

The Department of Correction did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

 

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