{"id":2183250,"date":"2024-02-21T17:31:02","date_gmt":"2024-02-21T22:31:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/anti-police-woman-who-killed-nypd-officer-in-drunken-hit-and-run-sentenced-to-prison\/"},"modified":"2024-02-21T17:32:44","modified_gmt":"2024-02-21T22:32:44","slug":"anti-police-woman-who-killed-nypd-officer-in-drunken-hit-and-run-sentenced-to-prison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/anti-police-woman-who-killed-nypd-officer-in-drunken-hit-and-run-sentenced-to-prison\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman convicted of killing NYPD officer in drunk hit-and-run receives prison sentence"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fanti-police-woman-who-killed-nypd-officer-in-drunken-hit-and-run-sentenced-to-prison%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2183250&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>A \u200cNew York City Woman Sentenced to 22 Years in Prison for Killing NYPD Officer<\/h2>\n<p>A New York City woman who live-streamed herself \u200cranting against police hours before \u2062she drunkenly struck and killed an NYPD\u2064 officer in 2021 was sentenced to at \u2062least 22 years in prison\u200d on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Jessica \u2062Beauvais, 34, was\u2062 convicted of manslaughter in the fatal hit-and-run of Anastasios Tsakos, a 14-year NYPD veteran and father of two. After Tsakos\u2019 widow, Irene, tearfully pled with Queens Supreme Court Justice Michael Aloysed for justice on Wednesday, he sentenced \u200dBeauvais to 20 years in prison for aggravated manslaughter and between two and \u2064seven years for \u2062leaving the\u200d scene of \u200dan accident, the New York Post\u200c reported. Beauvais\u2019 sentences\u200b will run consecutively.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs \u2063Jessica Beauvais\u200d was sobering up in a police\u2062 station that morning, our \u200bworld was collapsing,\u201d Irene Tsakos\u200d said. \u201cBecause of a single person\u2019s despicable \u200bactions, our family was sentenced to \u2062a lifetime of loss.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tsakos was\u200c struck by Beauvais while investigating\u2064 an accident\u2062 and directing traffic on the Long\u200b Island Expressway in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israel-prime-minister-benjamin-netanyahu-responds-to-palestinian-terror-attacks-we-are-at-war\/\" title=\"Israeli PM Netanyahu: 'We're at war' in response to Palestinian terror attacks.\">early morning \u200chours<\/a> of April 27, 2021. Hours earlier, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/legend-mike-rowe-reacts-to-critic-who-has-lost-all-respect-for-prageru-collab\/\" title=\"\u2018Legend\u2019: Mike Rowe Reacts To Critic Who Has \u2018Lost All Respect\u2019 For PragerU Collab\">woman posted<\/a> a Facebook stream where she discussed the\u2062 trial of Minneapolis\u2062 police officer Derek Chauvin.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis\u200b week we are going to talk\u2064 about\u2062 the ignorance that was the\u2064 Derek Chauvin trial \u2014 or the ignorance that \u2063is \u200cessentially just is this f<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ny-radio-host-tells-audience-f-the-police-then-allegedly-rams-nypd-officer-killing-him-before-speeding-away\/\" title=\"NY Radio Host Tells Audience \u2018F*** The Police,\u2019 Then Allegedly Rams NYPD Officer, Killing Him, Before Speeding Away\">***ing justice system<\/a>.\u201d She\u200b also\u200b played the song \u201cF*** Tha \u200cPolice\u201d by NWA. She added, \u201cLike NWA say about the police \u2013 if you\u2019re going to kill me,\u2063 at least\u2062 I get to take someone with me. I\u2019m \u200cone of those people. If I\u2019m \u200bgoing to go, someone is coming.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Mail\u2064 reported that Beauvais was seen vaping and drinking during the video, and police said that\u2063 she later confessed to downing vodka, wine, and \u200bsmoking weed \u200cbefore the deadly hit-and-run. She was found to be high on drugs and her \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/prosecutors-henry-ruggs-was-driving-156-mph-at-time-of-fatal-crash\/\" title=\"Prosecutors: Henry Ruggs was driving 156 MPH at time of fatal crash\">blood alcohol level<\/a> was nearly twice the legal limit at the \u2062time of\u200b the\u2064 hit-and-run.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Today after almost \u200dthree years Jessica Beauvais is taken from\u2062 the courtroom after being sentenced\u200c to 27 years for killing Det \u200cAnastasios Tsakos on April 27, 2021.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DetectiveMunro?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DetectiveMunro<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BlueLivesNYC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BlueLivesNYC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NYPDHighway?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NYPDHighway<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hca9rfQzhm\">pic.twitter.com\/hca9rfQzhm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NYCPDPHOTOS (@NYCPDPHOTOS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NYCPDPHOTOS\/status\/1760395130714968134?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February\u200b 21,\u2062 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Before Beauvais was convicted in \u2064October, prosecutors described in detail the gruesome crash that\u200b killed Tsakos.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis organs and bones were crushed,\u201d Assistant District \u2063Attorney Greg Lasak Jr. told \u2063the jury, according to the Post. \u201cHis leg was amputated. He landed 171\u2062 feet from impact.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\"><b>CLICK HERE TO GET \u2063THE DAILYWIRE+ \u200cAPP<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe\u200b left him there on the \u200bside of the road to die, without \u200dhis leg,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Asked\u2064 by the judge\u200b if she\u200d wanted to say anything before he handed down his sentence, Beauvais simply said, \u201cI\u2019m sorry,\u201d CBS News reported. Beauvais had \u200bpreviously rejected a plea deal that \u200dwould have \u200csent her to prison for 16 years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy children \u200cdon\u2019t understand the\u2063 permanence of\u200b death,\u201d \u2062Irene Tsakos added before a courtroom\u2062 filled with NYPD \u2064officers. \u201cThey were trying to figure out ways to bring him \u2063back somehow. Our son wanted me to get \u2064him a big kite so he could fly it high in the sky so his daddy could grab\u2062 onto \u200cit and bring him back.\u200c He cried \u200bdaily \u2019cause Daddy would never hold him again. He was only 3 years old.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur 6-year-old daughter is a \u2063daddy\u2019s girl,\u201d she continued. \u201cAt night \u200bshe would pray and promise to be very good if only he \u200dwould \u200bbring her daddy back.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Receiving the NYPD Medal of Honor (Posthumously) is Detective Anastasios \u200dTsakos of Highway 3. His wife, Irene, accepted the medal on his behalf. Det. Tsakos was killed in the line of\u200c duty\u2063 on 04\/27\/21 when\u2063 he was struck by a drunk motorist. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9StrSKDYUo\">pic.twitter.com\/9StrSKDYUo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NYPD NEWS (@NYPDnews) \u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NYPDnews\/status\/1534210708287758337?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 7, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><i>Hank Berrien contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> What were the consequences of Jessica Beauvais&#8217; reckless and dangerous behavior, both in terms of her sentence and the impact on the \u2064Tsakos family and the NYPD<\/h2>\n<p><span>  A New York City woman, Jessica Beauvais, has been sentenced to \u200dat least 22\u2062 years in\u2062 prison for killing a New York \u200bCity Police Department (NYPD) officer. Beauvais\u2064 live-streamed herself ranting\u200b against the \u2062police just \u2063hours \u200bbefore she \u2062drunkenly struck and killed NYPD\u2062 officer Anastasios Tsakos in 2021. \u2063The \u2064incident occurred\u2063 while\u200c Tsakos was investigating an accident and \u2062directing traffic\u2064 on the Long Island Expressway in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-cori-bush-rushes-to-defense-of-very-violent-criminals-rioting-attacking-guard-in-jail\/\" title=\"Democrat Cori Bush Rushes To Defense Of \u2018Very Violent\u2019 Criminals Rioting, Attacking Guard In Jail\">early morning hours<\/a> \u2062of April\u2063 27, 2021.<\/p>\n<p>After Tsakos&#8217; \u200dwidow, \u2062Irene, \u200demotionally pleaded for justice, Queens\u2064 Supreme Court Justice Michael Aloysed sentenced Beauvais to 20 years in\u2062 prison for aggravated manslaughter and an additional two to seven years for leaving the scene of the \u200caccident. \u2062These sentences will\u2062 be served consecutively.<\/p>\n<p>During\u200c the trial, Irene Tsakos expressed\u2063 the devastating impact that Beauvais&#8217; actions had on their family. \u2063She described how their\u2064 world collapsed \u2064while Beauvais was sobering up in a police\u200d station that morning. Irene Tsakos stated, &#8220;Because of a single person&#8217;s despicable actions, our family was sentenced to a lifetime of loss.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The events leading up \u200bto the fatal hit-and-run had\u200b been captured on a Facebook live stream posted by Beauvais. In the video, she discussed \u200cthe trial of Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin and expressed her disdain for the justice system. Beauvais also played the song &#8220;F*** Tha Police&#8221; by\u200c NWA and \u2062made provocative \u200bstatements such as, &#8220;If you&#8217;re going\u2063 to kill me, at least I get to take someone with me. I&#8217;m one of those people. If I&#8217;m \u2062going to go, someone is coming.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>According to reports, Beauvais \u2063was seen vaping and drinking during the video. She later confessed to consuming vodka, wine, and marijuana before the deadly \u2064hit-and-run. Toxicology tests \u2063revealed \u2064that Beauvais was under\u200b the influence of drugs, and \u2063her blood alcohol level was nearly twice the legal limit at\u200b the\u2064 time of the incident.<\/p>\n<p>The sentence handed down to Jessica Beauvais sends a strong message about the \u200dconsequences of reckless and dangerous behavior. It \u200bserves as a reminder that actions have repercussions, \u2063especially when they result in \u200bthe loss\u200c of a law enforcement officer&#8217;s life. The tragedy suffered by the Tsakos family highlights the \u2064devastating \u200btoll \u2063that such incidents have on loved ones left behind.<\/p>\n<p>As we reflect \u2062on this case, it \u200dis essential to recognize\u200d the sacrifices made by the men and women \u2062of law enforcement\u2063 who put their lives on the \u2063line every day to protect \u200dour communities. It is incumbent upon all of us to support and respect those who serve,\u2064 ensuring a safer\u200d and more harmonious society.<\/p>\n<p>The sentencing \u200cof Jessica Beauvais serves as a solemn \u2064reminder of the need for \u2064accountability and responsibility. It is a tragic\u2063 event that has left a lasting impact on both the Tsakos family and the NYPD. May the memory\u2064 of Detective Anastasios Tsakos\u2063 live\u200d on as \u2062a reminder of the sacrifices\u200c made by the brave men and women \u2062in uniform and the importance of upholding the rule\u200b of law.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A New York City woman, Jessica Beauvais, was sentenced to a minimum of 22 years in prison for live-streaming a rant against police before fatally hitting and killing NYPD officer Anastasios Tsakos. 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