Report: Cop Asked for Sobriety Test

May 5, 2002

NEW YORK (AP)--A former police officer who was convicted of running down a Brooklyn family of four with his minivan after a 12-hour drinking binge offered to take a sobriety test, but fellow officers ignored his request, according to a published report.

Law enforcement sources said Joseph Gray had offered to take a sobriety test after his arrest, telling fellow officers, ``I'm not drunk, I'm not drunk,'' according to the New York Post.

Gray was convicted of second-degree manslaughter Friday in the deaths last August of Maria Herrera, 24, who was eight months pregnant; her 4-year-old son Andy, and her 16-year-old sister, Dilcia Pena. Gray was also charged with the death of Herrera's baby boy, Ricardo, who was delivered after the accident but also died. Gray faces up to 15 years in jail.

Sources said officers consulted with police union officials immediately after Gray's arrest, the Post reported in its Sunday edition. The report said officers even discussed which type of sobriety test Gray might ``beat.''

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