#Podcaster kills cop license#

The NYPD said the first crash occurred around 12:30 a.m. “We are devastated and trying to pick up the pieces of a shattered home and NYPD family,” Shea said. Tsakos was a 14-year veteran of the NYPD and leaves behind a wife, 6-year-old daughter and 3-year-old son. The woman who hit him police say was driving under the influence with a suspended license, she has been arrested. Police Commissioner Dermot Shea called the incident 'a senseless and completely avoidable chain of events' at a press briefing Tuesday morning.Ĭonfirmed per NYPD, 43-year-old Officer Anastasios Tsakos was killed while diverting traffic after another fatal accident on the LIE. The police department, meanwhile, is remembering the life of the officer killed, 43-year-old Anastasios Tsakos, a 14-year veteran of the NYPD. In the past decade, she's received at least five summonses for speeding, using a cellphone while driving, or driving an unregistered car, authorities said.

#Podcaster kills cop license#

HpHbawXh0oĪccording to police, Beauvais's license was suspended back in August 2019 because of failure to pay a DMV fee for repeated traffic violations. She now faces several charges, including two counts of vehicular manslaughter after she allegedly struck and killed NYPD Officer Anastasios Tsakos. Through tears 32 year old Jessica Beauvais apologizes and says she didn’t mean to. She also said she had smoked marijuana before recording the podcast. “I am sorry that I hit him and that he’s dead.”Īccording to the district attorney, Beauvais told a police officer she had two shots of liquor and two glasses of wine. She said she was coming from a studio where she hosts a podcast. Her next court appearance will be Friday, when the district attorney presents their case to a grand jury.Īs she was walked out of the 107th Precinct in handcuffs in the afternoon, on her way to be arraigned in criminal court, Beauvais apologized while in tears.

Her lawyer had requested she be released on $50,000 bail. She faces charges that include DWI, two counts of vehicular manslaughter, reckless endangerment, and driving without a license.Īt a preliminary hearing Tuesday, a judge denied Beauvais bail. Police said Jessica Beauvais of Hempstead, Long Island, was intoxicated at the time of the crash. A 32-year-old woman faces more than a dozen charges after she struck and killed an NYPD officer with a car early Tuesday morning in Queens, according to the city police department.