Indiana
cop accused in fatal drunk-driving crash arrested again
An Indianapolis police officer who faces drunk-driving
charges for allegedly crashing into two motorcycles with his patrol car in
2010, killing one rider, has been arrested again on suspicion of drunk driving.
Despite the earlier crash, which also injured two people,
David M. Bisard's driver's license was still valid due to irregularities
surrounding his 2010 arrest and a quirk in state law. The case was originally
thrown out over allegations that the bloodwork -- which showed his
blood-alcohol content to be 0.19, more than twice the legal limit -- was
handled incorrectly.
An appellate court later overruled that claim after
prosecutors refiled seven felony charges against him, including reckless
homicide.
The uproar spurred legislators to change Indiana's laws on
drunk-driving tests and became so great that a judge moved his trial out of
Indianapolis for fear that Bisard wouldn't get an unbiased jury.
Bisard, 39, is suspended from the Indianapolis Metropolitan
Police Department.
On Saturday, Bisard was arrested again on suspicion of drunk
driving after running his truck into a speed-limit sign, a guardrail and a
power pole in Lawrence, Ind.
"I've been drinking since noon, and I'm not going to
say I've had two like everyone else does," Bisard told a police officer
who arrived on the scene, after at first denying that he had been drinking,
according to an arrest report obtained by WISH-TV. "I know you know who I
am. I messed up today. If you guys can cut me a break, I promise I will never
drink again."
Bisard's blood-alcohol content registered 0.17 after a
Breathalyzer test at the scene, according to the arrest report -- slightly
lower than in 2010 but still twice the legal limit.
After learning about the new crash, the mother of the
motorcyclist killed in 2010 told WISH-TV, "I am just thankful that nobody
was hurt, nobody was killed, that the only damage was property damage."
Mary Wells, mother of Eric Wells, continued: "But my
first words out of my mouth was, 'Oh my God,' because it's like, we have been
trying to get this man's license suspended from the get-go."
As of Sunday, Bisard was being held in the Marion County
jail on a $25,000 bond on a charge of operating a vehicle while intoxicated. A
court appearance was set for Wednesday morning.
Hialeah
Sgt. Tomas Munoz, Arrested For Cocaine Possession, Claims Pimp Set Him Up
MIAMI -- A Hialeah Police officer has an unusual excuse
after being arrested Saturday at a Miami hotel room and charged with felony
possession of cocaine.
After bonding out of jail, a smiling Sgt. Tomas Munoz told
reporters he was set up -- by his girlfriend's pimp.
“This all came about from a love story, you know?" Sgt.
Munoz said. "I met a girl, she happens to have a pimp and we fell in love.
And he doesn’t let her be free...This came about because he set the whole thing
up.”
Munoz declined to detail how he came to be arrested on drugs
charges at the Ernesto Hotel on 40th Avenue and Flagler Street, including a
second misdemeanor charge of possession of drug paraphernalia.
But according to Hialeah Police, he was already in hot
water. Officials told WSVN that Munoz was under an Internal Affairs
investigation and had already been assigned to desk duties without police
authority at the time of his arrest.
Now, Local10 reports, he will be assigned at-home status and
relieved of duty pending the outcome of the investigation.
When asked why he was already under investigation, Munoz
declined to answer. But "I'm good," he said. "I'm gonna be good
no matter what."