Norfolk Police Officer Arrested For DUI And Assault

Nina Thomas, 29, of the Norfolk Police Department was arrested for DUI and assault on January 9, 2012. Deborah Cox, of the Virginia State Police said that troopers responded to a crash on I-664 in Chesapeake early Wednesday morning when the incident occurred. When troopers arrived, they saw that Thomas had crashed her 2010 Scion into a guardrail, causing the car to spin around and face the wrong way down an exit ramp.

When the troopers began to question the Norfolk police officer, they claim that she became combative and uncooperative during a field sobriety test. While Thomas was off-duty at the time of the crash, it remains unclear what her status with the Norfolk PD was prior to the crash. Thomas began working with the Norfolk Police Department in September 2010. After completing a sobriety test, troopers arrested Thomas for DUI, felony assault on a law enforcement officer and refusing to take breathalyzer or blood alcohol test.

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