Cop charged in drunken rampage faces the music

Cop charged in drunken rampage faces the music
By Laura Crimaldi  |  http://www.bostonherald.com  |  Local Coverage

A Brockton cop yesterday faced a disciplinary hearing after he allegedly waved a personal firearm at two Newport, R.I. restaurant employees while in a drunken stupor, officials said.

Officer Jordan J. Silvia, 29, of Fall River, was arrested at about 1:44 a.m. on Sunday after staff at Christies Landing said he pulled out a Kel-Tech .380 caliber pistol, pointed it to the ground, loaded one bullet, waved it across the bodies of two employees and said, “I’m not going anywhere,” said Newport police Lt. William Fitzgerald.

Silvia confronted the staff after employees caught his friend Eric C. Santos, 34, urinating in a planter outside the restaurant and asked him to leave, Fitzgerald said. He added Silvia told arresting officers he was a Brockton cop.

Silvia was charged with two counts of felony assault and carrying a weapon under the influence, online court records show.

Fitzgerald said he was too intoxicated initially to be booked. He added Santos was charged with drunken driving and blew a .205 on a Breathalyzer test. The Rhode Island legal limit is .10.

A spokeswoman for Mayor Linda M. Balzotti confirmed the hearing but did not know the outcome. Silvia, police Chief William Conlon and other city officials did not return messages seeking comment.

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