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Veteran NYPD commander indicted on drunk driving charges, covering up incident 
A veteran NYPD precinct commander who was suspended following a 2022 crash with a city cabbie has been indicted on multiple charges connected to covering up a drunken-driving incident, prosecutors said Thursday.
Man Accused Of Posing As Immigration Atty Cops To Larceny
A New York City man who was accused by city prosecutors of posing as an immigration attorney and fraudulently raking in legal fees pled guilty to a misdemeanor count of petit larceny and was sentenced to time served.
Ex-NYPD deputy inspector accused of getting Midtown bar to delete video in cover-up of booze-fueled cop car crash
Paul Zangrilli, 44, then an NYPD deputy inspector, allegedly let his girlfriend, Nikole Rupple, 35, drive his unmarked police car after they had been drinking for hours, according to Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg.
Suspended NYPD deputy inspector indicted for coverup of Manhattan drunk driving crash involving gal pal
The former commander of Manhattan’s 5th Precinct found himself on the wrong end of a grand jury indictment this week for allegedly covering up his then-girlfriend’s drunk driving after a collision in 2022, prosecutors announced Thursday.
Police Official Charged After a Drunken Commute Ends in a Crash
The girlfriend of a deputy inspector with the New York Police Department drunkenly rear-ended a cab while the pair drove in the officer’s police car near Penn Station, Manhattan prosecutors say. Then, according to an indictment, the couple fled, switched places so the inspector was behind the wheel, offered the cabdriver money and lied to a police captain who had been called to the scene.
NYPD inspector accused of sloppy coverup of DUI crash after boozy night at Midtown bar
An NYPD inspector let his girlfriend get behind the wheel of his unmarked police SUV after a night out drinking – and then scrambled to cover up evidence that she got into a crash, prosecutors charged Thursday.
Manhattan District Attorney's Office