Post by Logan on Jan 28, 2016 1:33:15 GMT -6
St. Louis police officer had cocaine in system during crash, prosecutor says
ST. LOUIS • Former city police Officer Jason Flanery had cocaine as well as alcohol in his system the night he allegedly crashed into a parked car with a police vehicle, Circuit Attorney Jennifer Joyce said Wednesday.
Flanery was charged Monday with driving while intoxicated (alcohol) and leaving the scene in the incident shortly after dawn on Dec. 19. Investigators said he crashed into a parked car on Jamieson Avenue at Lindenwood Park and drove away. The damaged police vehicle was found parked near his home.
He had finished a patrol shift about four hours earlier, police said. Flanery, 33, resigned from the force later that day.
A blood sample analyzed by the Missouri Highway Patrol showed his blood-alcohol content at 0.117 percent, above the legal limit of 0.08, which led to the DWI charge. Joyce said Wednesday that after learning the test was only for alcohol, Police Chief Sam Dotson asked for the follow-up analysis that confirmed cocaine.
Read more: www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/st-louis-police-officer-had-cocaine-in-system-during-crash/article_ab241f00-d5e9-59f4-8a72-07d37f332f7a.html
ST. LOUIS • Former city police Officer Jason Flanery had cocaine as well as alcohol in his system the night he allegedly crashed into a parked car with a police vehicle, Circuit Attorney Jennifer Joyce said Wednesday.
Flanery was charged Monday with driving while intoxicated (alcohol) and leaving the scene in the incident shortly after dawn on Dec. 19. Investigators said he crashed into a parked car on Jamieson Avenue at Lindenwood Park and drove away. The damaged police vehicle was found parked near his home.
He had finished a patrol shift about four hours earlier, police said. Flanery, 33, resigned from the force later that day.
A blood sample analyzed by the Missouri Highway Patrol showed his blood-alcohol content at 0.117 percent, above the legal limit of 0.08, which led to the DWI charge. Joyce said Wednesday that after learning the test was only for alcohol, Police Chief Sam Dotson asked for the follow-up analysis that confirmed cocaine.
Read more: www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/st-louis-police-officer-had-cocaine-in-system-during-crash/article_ab241f00-d5e9-59f4-8a72-07d37f332f7a.html