A New York City police sergeant who hurled a plastic cooler at a man fleeing officers on a motorcycle — causing a crash that killed the rider — has been
Erik Duran who allegedly killed a man after throwing a watercooler at him as he fled a drug bust on a scooter has been charged with manslaughter, assault and criminally negligent homicide.
An NYPD sergeant pleaded not guilty Tuesday in court to a manslaughter charges for causing the August death of a Bronx suspect on a scooter by tossing a cooler at him, causing him to crash. Sgt. Erik Duran, 36, entered the plea during his arraignment in Supreme Court in the Bronx. The plea also covered criminally negligent homicide and assault charges which he is also facing for the death of .