Farmington officer accused of driving drunk

POLICE OFFICER SAID SOMEONE STOLE HIS CAR, AND CRASHED INTO A POLE. BUT INVESTIGATORS SAY THEY...  More »

POLICE OFFICER SAID SOMEONE STOLE HIS CAR, AND CRASHED INTO A POLE. BUT INVESTIGATORS SAY THEY LOOKED INTO WHAT HAPPENED, AND CAME TO A FAR DIFFERENT CONCLUSION. THEY SAY THE OFF DUTY OFFICER WAS ACTUALLY DRIVING... AND HE WAS DRUNK! MACEY BIELSKI IS LIVE IN FARMINGTON WITH OUR TOP STORY... 31-YEAR-OLD FARHON SMITH WAS OFF-DUTY LAST NIGHT AND INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE HE SPENT THE NIGHT DRINKING AT A LOCAL BAR. SOMETIME AFTER 1 AM HE LEFT IN HIS NEW 08 MUSTANG. FARMINGTON POLICE FIRST GOT A CALL ABOUT A STOLEN VEHICLE FROM THE TOP DECK LOUNGE... BUT IT WASN'T LONG BEFORE A CALLER REPORTED SEEING THAT SAME CAR CRASH INTO A UTILITY POLE. 'I was kinda surprised that something this nice would be this tore up.'WHEN FARMINGTON POLICE FOUND IT BELONGE TO A FELLOW OFFICER... THEY CALLED STATE POLICE... VM 'we turned it over to state police to make sure and asked them to conduct a through and impartial investigation and we do feel like they did that.'SMITH EVENTUALLY CONFESSED TO STATE POLICE...THAT HIS CAR WAS NEVER STOLEN AND HE HAD RAN INTO THE UTILITY POLE. A DRUNK CRASH IS NO SURPRISE TO TOW TRUCKS, BUT SEVERAL PEOPLE WERE SHOCKED TO LEARN AN OFFICER HAD ACTUALLY BEEN DRIVING. NS 'realized it was drunk driving and it's sad that's an officer because they're suppose to be setting an example.'JP 'its just horrible that it was an officer I never suspected that.' SMITH WAS CHARGED WITH A DWI AND CARELESS DRIVING. THE POLICE DEPARTMENT PLACED OFFICER SMITH ON LEAVE WITHOUT PAY. IN FARMINGTON, MACEY BIELSKI, EWN4. AT LAST THE RACE  « Less