A disgraced former NYPD Deputy Inspector has avoided jail after admitting to taking his mistress on a drunken joyride before crashing into a taxi cab.. Paul Zangrilli pleaded guilty on Wednesday ...

Deputy Inspector Paul Zangrilli, who led a police precinct in Manhattan, allegedly attempted to cover up the 2022 wreck though multiple actions, including switching seats with his girlfriend ...

An NYPD inspector let his girlfriend take a drunken joy ride in his police car during a wild night out — and tried to cover up the mess when she crashed into a yellow cab, prosecutors allege.

Zangrilli, 44, is still facing criminal charges for allegedly trying to cover up an Aug. 16, 2022, crash with a city cabbie following a night of binge drinking with his girlfriend Nikole Rupple ...

In 2023, Zangrilli earned around $200,000 in base pay and other compensation, according to New York City public salary records. Zangrilli was suspended without pay, the NYPD said in a statement.

NEW YORK CITY (PIX11) – A former high-ranking NYPD official admitted to covering up a drunk driving crash in an unmarked NYPD vehicle, prosecutors said. Paul Zangrilli, a former Deputy Inspector ...

Zangrilli served in the Bronx before being assigned the Fifth Precinct in 2019, department officials said. He earned $197,000 as precinct commander last year.

Then, prosecutors said, Zangrilli called an NYPD captain and told a series of lies: that he had been driving alone and was on his way to work when the crash happened.