Woman Arraigned After Death Of NYPD Cop In Queens

QUEENS — A Long Island woman who was indicted on manslaughter charges in the hit-and-run killing of an NYPD Detective was arraigned on Tuesday, according to Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz.

Jessica Beauvais, 32, was speeding down the Long Island Expressway early in the morning of April 27 when she hit father-of-two and 14-year NYPD veteran Anastasios Tsakos, 43, who died at a nearby hospital as a result of his injuries, according to the Queens District Attorney and NYPD officials.
On Tuesday Beauvais was arraigned before Queens Supreme Court Justice Michael Aloise on the 13-count indictment, following her indictment on May 10.

The charges include aggravated criminally negligent homicide, leaving the scene of an incident without reporting, unlawful fleeing a police officer in a motor vehicle, reckless driving, aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, and several counts of driving under the influence.

When Beauvais had her blood alcohol content tested at the precinct a couple of hours after the crash it was still nearly two times the legal limit of New York State — a blood alcohol content of 0.15, compared with the state's legal limit for driving of 0.08, reported the DA.

After the indictment in the beginning of May, Queens DA Katz said that Beauvais made a series of "bad choices, from drinking and getting high and getting behind the wheel of a car, that ended tragically.”

In a press release following Tuesday’s arraignment the DA said “this is a heartbreaking case that has left the police officer’s parents, his widow and their two young children and our entire community mourning his loss.”

Following Tsakos’ death in April, he was brought by motorcade to Long Island, where his funeral was held.

Beauvais is expected to return to court on July 27 and faces up to 15 years in prison if convicted.