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A 32-year-old woman is facing charges after authorities allege that she struck and killed an New York City police officer with her car while she was drunk behind the wheel.
Beauvais was caught a short distance away. According toABC 7, which cites police, she admitted to drinking and smoking marijuana before getting behind the wheel.
Prosecutors allege that when Beauvais was eventually arrested, a police body camera video allegedly captured her asking an officer, “What did I do?”
Police sourcestell CBS2that Beauvais was intoxicated and blew a .15 for her blood alcohol level — nearly double the legal limit.
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Beauvais faces 13 counts, including second-degree aggravated manslaughter, operating a motor vehicle under the influence of drugs or alcohol, and driving on a suspended license. She is being held without bond. If convicted, she could face up to 15 years in prison.
According to local news reports, Beauvais apologized and confessed to killing Tsakos as she was walked out of the police precinct.
“I’m sorry,” she tearfully told reporters. “I’m sorry that I hit him and that he’s dead.”
According to court documents, Beauvais allegedly admitted to smoking marijuana “regularly” and said that she had drunk wine and two shots tequila. As for the accident, she allegedly said that she didn’t know what happened. “I did hear a thump,” she allegedly told officers, “so I knew I hit something but I didn’t see what it was.”
The NYPD is mourning Tsakos' death.
“We stand here this morning reminded once again, in law enforcement, there is no such thing as a routine job,” NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea told reporters, according to ABC 7. “We stand here devastated and trying to pick up the pieces of what is a shattered home and a shattered NYPD family.”
Beauvais has not yet entered a plea and court documents do not reflect an attorney authorized to speak on her behalf.
source: people.com
