Retired detective NYPD killed his friend, when, after drinking, returned home from the strip club

The detective Department of the new York police Department (NYPD), retired drunk in a strip club in long island and got behind the wheel. When he was driving home, lost control and crashed into a tree. As a result of the accident killed the passenger.

As reported by prosecutors, Suffolk County, January 13 about 2 a.m. the 48-year-old Patrick McMahon took two friends from the nightclub Blush in Commack and was driving my Infiniti Q60 in 2018 on the road to Dovecote Lane.

At some point the car left the road and headed to the front lawn, then crashed into a brick pillar and several trees before overturning. As a result of this incident a friend of his, 32-year-old Steven Sarvisé, was fatally injured.

Retired detective NYPD killed his friend, when, after drinking, returned home from the strip clubAccident on Dovecote Lane. Source: Joseph C. Sperber

A blood test conducted within 90 minutes after the accident showed that the level of alcohol in the blood of McMahon was 0.18%, which far exceeds the acceptable threshold of 0.08 percent.

«These days there is no excuse for drunk driving, especially for the defendant, who is a former law enforcement officer, said the Suffolk district attorney Timothy Blue. — He took a reckless, senseless decision to endanger the lives of their passengers and other motorists on the road, and this decision proved fatal».

McMahon was arraigned on April 25 on charges of aggravated murder, manslaughter, driving while intoxicated, etc. It can release on the security in $250 thousand

The next hearing is scheduled for June 12. In the case of recognition of guilt to the McMahon faces 8 to 25 years behind bars.

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