The stories about drunk off-duty cops continue. NBC New York reports, "An off-duty NYPD sergeant was arrested and charged with refusing to take a breath test after he was involved in an accident, police say." more ›

The attorney representing Assemblyman Adam Clayton Powell IV says video of his client taking sobriety tests proves that the uptown political scion is not guilty of drunk driving charges. "The video is the best evidence here," said lawyer Stacey Richman during closing arguments, according to the Post. "You tell me if he's swaying ... Look at the tape." more ›

Two years after he was pulled over on DWI charges for weaving in his lane and tapping his brakes on the West Side Highway, Adam Clayton Powell IV's trial is finally getting started. Authorities played a tape of the Harlem political scion inside Manhattan's 28th Precinct after his March 2008 arrrest that shows Powell repeatedly changing his mind about taking a second breathalyzer test, then appearing to pass several sobriety tests in which officers asked him to touch his nose, balance on one leg, and walk a straight line. more ›

After fatally running over a Brooklyn woman trying to hail a cab late Saturday night, off-duty cop Andrew Kelly successfully dragged his feet on taking a Breathalyzer or blood alcohol test for almost eight hours. And the gambit worked: When a doctor, acting on a warrant, finally drew Kelly's blood at 8 a.m., there was no alcohol in his system. Kelly has pleaded not guilty to charges of DWI and vehicular manslaughter; 32-year-old Vionique Valnord is dead. more ›