Briant Paula
Name: Briant Paula
Age: 26
Gender: Male
Race: African-American/Black
Date: 08/23/2014
Location: Riverside Drive and Strathmore Road
Methuen, Massachusetts, 1844
County: Essex
Agency: Lowell Police Department
Cause of Death: Vehicle
Intended Use of Force: Vehic/Purs
Media summary: A 19-year-veteran of the local police was not only drunk during his head-on collision, unlicensed, with an open container and drunk-driving priors, but witnesses saw him trying to flee the scene, then he provided a false name to an investigator in another department. Paula died in the crash and his sister was seriously injured. The officer was charged with felony motor-vehicle homicide and lesser charges.
Unique ID: 14987
News article: Link
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