NYPD Sgt. Tiffany Howell, was charged with having a blood alcohol level three times the legal limit when when she slammed into car driven by Manuel Boitel, who was returning home from his job as a doorman at the St. Tropez condo on the UES. She was said to be driving the wrong way on the Taconic St. Parkway.
NYPD Sgt. Tiffany Howell, was charged with having a blood alcohol level three times the legal limit when when she slammed into car driven by Manuel Boitel, who was returning home from his job as a doorman at the St. Tropez condo on the UES. She was said to be driving the wrong way on the Taconic St. Parkway. ( Photo: NYPD)

The sergeant with 18 years on the job was charged on March 2 with driving drunk and going the wrong way, southbound on the Taconic State Parkway when her car slammed into the vehicle driven by St. Tropez doorman Manuel Boitel, killing him.

NYPD Sgt Charged with Driving Drunk, Killing UES Doorman
04 Mar 2026 | 11:09
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An NYPD sergeant was charged with killing a beloved Upper East Side doorman when the car that she was driving the wrong way on the Taconic Parkway slammed into the car being driven by Manny Boitel.

The officer, Tiffany Howell, was said to have a blood alcohol level of 0.26, more than three times the legal...

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