Drunken female podcaster yells, 'F**K the cops,' mows down & kills officer

Published: April 29, 2021, 5:20 p.m.

b'Jessica Beauvais, 32, arrested after mowing down a police officer. 43-year-old Anastasios Tsakos was standing next to his patrol car, directing traffic around an earlier fatal crash on the Long Island Expressway. \\n\\nThe force of the hit knocked Tsakos\\u2019s boots off, tossed him 30 to 40 feet in the air, and 100 feet further down the road. One of Tsakos\\u2019s legs was severed. The 14-year veteran of the New York Police Department has two young children. \\n\\nBeauvais told police she was on her way home from a studio where she\\u2019d recorded a podcast \\u2014 a Facebook Livestream that saw her drinking shots. Beauvais confessed to smoking marijuana and drinking wine and tequila during the broadcast. Prosecutors said Beauvais\\u2019s blood-alcohol level was 0.15, nearly double the legal limit.\\n\\n\\n\\n\\nJoining Nancy Grace today:Tim McEwing - Attorney,\\xa0Mcewing, Inc.,\\xa0Former APD Motorman Traffic CopDr.\\xa0Shari\\xa0Schwartz, Forensic Psychologist (specializing in Capital Mitigation and Victim Advocacy), www.panthermitigation.com, Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrialDocDr.\\xa0Kendall\\xa0Crowns\\xa0\\u2013 Deputy Chief Medical Examiner Travis County, Texas (Austin)Sheryl McCollum - Forensic Expert & Cold Case Investigative Research Institute Founder, ColdCaseCrimes.orgSarina Fazan - Four-time Emmy award-winning TV Anchor & Reporter, Sarina Fazan Media, www.sarinafazan.media, Podcast: "On The Record with Sarina Fazan" @sarinafazannews, YouTube: Sarina Fazan TV'