New York Post

Cop-death crash raps

13 charges for driver

- By REBECCA ROSENBERG rrosenberg@nypost.com

The Long Island woman who allegedly struck and killed an NYPD cop with her car in Queens — on her way back from drunkenly recording a podcast filled with anti-police rants — has been indicted on 13 counts, authoritie­s announced on Monday.

Jessica Beauvais (mug shot), 32, faces up to 15 years in prison if convicted of the charges — which include aggravated manslaught­er, aggravated criminally negligent homicide and operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol — for the April 27 death of Highway Patrol Officer Anastasios Tsakos.

Beauvais is accused of barreling down the Long Island Expressway high on drugs and with a blood alcohol level of .15 — twice the legal limit — when she struck Tsakos with her Volkswagen Passat, officials said.

Tsakos, 43, was on the scene of an earlier fatal car crash when Beauvais hit him so hard that he flew 40 feet into the air before landing on a patch of grass, according to Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz.

Beauvais allegedly sped off with a caved-in windshield, a traffic cone wedged under the front of her car and cops in hot pursuit.

After exiting the freeway, the Hempstead woman jumped a curb, then threw her car into reverse — ramming into the police cruiser behind her in an attempt to flee, court papers charge.

Beauvais, who was driving with a suspended license, allegedly admitted to investigat­ors that she had downed vodka as she recorded a podcast filled with antipolice messages in the hours before the tragic collision.

Tsakos, who was posthumous­ly promoted to detective, is survived by his wife and young children, ages 3 and 6.

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