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Why did my first accident have to be a cop? Drunk driver, 32, whined that she didn t deserve to be arrested after killing NYPD officer in hit-and-run, prosecutors say as she appears in court to face 13-count indictment for vehicular manslaughter
Jessica Beauvais, 32, was arraigned in Queens Supreme Court on Tuesday on a 13-count indictment in connection with a fatal hit-and-run of an NYPD cop
She faces up to 15 years in prison
Beauvais allegedly ran over Officer Anastasios Tsakos, 43, on the Long Island Expressway while driving drunk and sped off
Prosecutors described how Beauvais allegedly whined: Why did my first accident have to be a cop? as she sat in the back of a squad car after her arrest
Pending approval, street to be renamed in honour of fallen NYPD officer Anastasios Tsakos
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A number of Greek-American businessmen and community organisations have proposed to rename the corner of 42nd Street with 23rd Avenue in Astoria as ‘Anastasios Tsakos Way’.
Anastasios Tsakos, a 14-year veteran of the police department, was fatally struck on April 27 by Jessica Beauvais, while diverting traffic from a previous fatal crash on the Long Island Expressway in Queens.
“I thought of this particular corner because that was where his family home was, where Tasos lived and grew up. I knew him for a long time, since he was in Astoria. He was a young man with a golden heart, always with a smile, laughter and puns, always with the willingness to help others,” Greek-American Constantinos Prentzas told