Police Officer Charged With DUI
Tests Show Blood-Alcohol Level Was Three Times Legal Limit
POSTED: 1:52 p.m. EDT October 3, 2002
UPDATED: 6:25 p.m. EDT October 3, 2002
YORK, Pa. -- A second York police officer is facing charges of driving under the influence of alcohol.
Police said Officer Loren Levinsky had a blood-alcohol level that was more than three times the legal limit of .1 percent when he was tested after a Sept. 22 accident.
Levinsky was off duty at the time, driving home around 4 p.m. when his car crashed on Windsor Road in Windsor Township.
Witnesses said they saw the officer cross the centerline and drive into a ditch. From there, witnesses said he got back onto the road, ran down two mailboxes, and hit a tree.
When police arrived at the scene, Levinsky was being loaded into an ambulance.
Earlier this year, Detective John Daryman was also charged with drunken driving in Potter County. Those charges were going to be dropped because of his involvement with the race riot investigation, but public outcry intervened and he entered a first-time offenders' program.
York police won't comment on Levinsky's status and what, if any punishment, he will face as a result of the allegations.
Previous Stories:
- September 5, 2002: Detective To Join First-Time Offenders Program
- August 29, 2002: York Detective To Face DUI Charges
- August 29, 2002: DA Says He Was Asked To Drop Daryman DUI Charges
- August 29, 2002: DA Drops DUI Charges Against Officer
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