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Off-Duty Firefighter Arrested in The Bronx for Driving While Intoxicated

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An off-duty firefighter has been arrested in The Bronx for driving while intoxicated police said.

 

An NYPD spokesperson said that on Friday, Feb. 3, at 9.44 p.m. José Valdez, 37, an FDNY firefighter was arrested in the 45th Precinct which covers the neighborhoods of Co-op City and City Island in the Northeast Bronx.

 

Valdez was charged with driving while intoxicated, leaving a scene with property damage as a driver, driving while impaired by alcohol, and refusing to take a breath test.

 

A person arrested and charged with a crime is deemed innocent unless and until convicted in a court of law.

 

 

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