Port Chester cop charged with
drunken driving in crash
Will David
HARRISON – An off-duty Port
Chester police officer was arrested, accused of drunken-driving Wednesday
morning after a three-vehicle accident on Interstate 287 in Harrison, state
police said.
Jose A. Nieves, 40, an
eight-year Port Chester police veteran, was turned over to his own department
after being booked by state troopers at the Thruway barracks.
Trooper Jason Jones, a
spokesman for Troop T, said the accident happened around 2 a.m. Wednesday.
Nieves was driving west when he rear-ended a parked construction vehicle that
was apparently unoccupied. Nieves' vehicle was then rear-ended by a Big Apple
Taxi cab.
Emergency medical personnel and
state troopers were on the scene. The cabdriver and Nieves refused medical
attention, Jones said.
A chemical test showed that his
blood-alcohol content was 0.13 percent, more than 1.5 times the legal limit,
police said.
Nieves is charged with
misdemeanor driving while intoxicated and issued an appearance ticket. He is
due back in Harrison Town Court at 9:30 a.m. June 3.
Port Chester police Lt. James
Ladeairous said the department had no comment on the incident, referring
questions to state police.
Nieves remains on the
department's payroll and his job status remains unchanged at this point,
Ladeairous said.
Staff writer Hoa Nguyen
contributed to this report
