Special prosecutor to handle DWI case of fired Schenectady County sheriff’s sergeant | The Daily Gazette
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COLONIE — A special prosecutor will be assigned to the case of a sergeant of the Schenectady County Sheriff’s Department who was fired last week after his second drunk driving arrest.
Prosecutors allege Daniel Coppola, 26, of Rotterdam, drove on a curb and nearly hit a utility pole with his car while more than twice the legal limit for drunkenness on April 26.
Coppola, the stepson of Schenectady County Sheriff Dominic Dagostino, did not appear in Colonie Town Justice Court for Monday’s arraignment because of a medical issue, according to his lawyer, Andrew Safranko.