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Off-duty NYPD officer arrested in Manhattan: police

By Erin Pflaumer,

2024-07-23

MANHATTAN, N.Y. (PIX11) – An off-duty NYPD officer was arrested early Tuesday morning in Manhattan, according to authorities.

Darwin Mejia, 38, was taken into custody around 2:45 a.m.

He was charged with driving while intoxicated, aggravated driving while intoxicated and driving while ability impaired.

Mejia was suspended without pay, according to authorities.

Submit tips to police by calling Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477), visiting crimestoppers.nypdonline.org , downloading the NYPD Crime Stoppers mobile app, or texting 274637 (CRIMES) then entering TIP577. Spanish-speaking callers are asked to dial 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).

Erin Pflaumer is a digital content producer from Long Island who has covered both local and national news since 2018 . She joined PIX11 in 2023. See more of her work here .

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Gary Chappelle

07-25

he needs a program like alcoholics anonymous, no matter how stressful their job all of us meet stress on the job not accepting this as an excuse he should be docked 2 months vacation; forced to attend A.A groups for 6 months and given warning next one automatic termination no more chances

Huda Fuquares

07-25

Boot lickers need to stop believing that law enforcement will do the right thing…🤦‍♂️💩🐽

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