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Officer Justin Faison, who is assigned to the Mount Vernon
District, was arrested on DUI charges after a two-vehicle crash on Route 50
near South Manchester Street in Seven Corners.
Seven people who were in the other vehicle were taken to a
nearby hospital and treated for minor injuries.
The police department said that Faison was off-duty and was
driving his personal vehicle at the time of his arrest.
Faison, who has been a sworn officer with the department
since 2022, was placed on administrative leave pending the outcome of an
Internal Affairs Bureau investigation.