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Off-Duty Police Officer Arrested for Drunk Driving, NYPD Says

By Tanay Warerkar | March 22, 2014 5:01pm
 An off-duty police officer, Liam Dononhue, 22, was arrested for driving drunk, police said.
An off-duty police officer, Liam Dononhue, 22, was arrested for driving drunk, police said.
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BAYSIDE — A 22-year-old off-duty police officer was arrested early Saturday on charges of driving while intoxicated, according to police.

Liam Donahue was arrested just after 6 a.m. in Queens, when he crashed his vehicle into an empty parked car around the intersection of 40th Avenue and 218th Street, police said. 4

Donahue refused to take a Breathalyzer test offered to him by members of the NYPD who questioned him at the scene, the NY Daily News reported.

He was taken to North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset for further evaluation, according to the NYPD.

Donahue had joined the force in July 2013, and had been working as part of the Patrol Borough Manhattan North since, the paper wrote.