Though former Fox 5 TV reporter Mike Sheehan originally said "neigh" to charges that he was drunk when he drove into a mounted police officer in March, yesterday he pleaded guilty to driving while impaired by alcohol. Sheehan drove into the horse and cop on Varick Street in Tribeca, leaving the cop with a bruised leg and the horse with cuts, bruises and scrapes; he refused to take a Breathalyzer test after the accident. In true Fox news style, Sheehan had claimed that the horse was actually to blame for colliding with him. more ›

Fox 5 senior correspondent Mike Sheehan was arrested last night "after a traffic accident involving his car and an NYPD officer on a horse," his own station reports. The incident occurred at North Moore Street in Tribeca at 10:26 p.m.—the Post say says Sheehan "slammed his car into a police horse" that was going against the traffic. The Post and Fox 5 are both owned by the News Corp. more ›