Grand jury: Cop drove drunk, hit teens

Syracuse NY: – A grand jury has indicted the former Syracuse Police officer that allegedly drove drunk off duty and hit two teens in August.

26 year old Derek Backus, of Baldwinsville, allegedly drank with other officers in a police parking lot and later at a Syracuse bar, on August 2nd. Later that night, police say he was driving drunk and crossed the double yellow line on Route 57 in Clay, hitting a car with two teens inside, head on. Source.