Queens woman convicted of manslaughter for fatally hitting NYPD officer in 2021
A woman who struck and killed an NYPD officer while driving under the influence in April 2021 was convicted Tuesday of aggravated manslaughter and other charges.
Prosecutors say Detective Anastasios Tsakos was diverting traffic at the scene of a car crash on the Long Island Expressway around 2 a.m. when Beauvais struck him with her car, sending his body into the air. Tsakos landed about 170 feet away, his leg severed from the knee down, according to the DA’s office. He later died at the hospital.
Police arrested Beauvais and reported that her eyes were bloodshot, she was slurring her speech and her breath smelled of alcohol. Two hours later, according to the DA’s office, her blood alcohol content was .15 — nearly twice the legal limit of .08.