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Off-duty corrections officer facing DWI charge

A three-year veteran of the Niagara County Sheriff's Office is facing charges following a property damage accident.
Whiskey with car keys and handcuffs concept for drinking and driving

NIAGARA COUNTY, N.Y. — A corrections officer with the Niagara County Sheriff's Office is facing charges following a property damage accident in the Town of Cambria Tuesday night.

The office says it got a report of a reckless driver on Lower Mountain Road around 8 p.m. An investigation showed Daniel Stevens, 30, of Niagara Falls, had allegedly struck a mailbox before being pulled over by deputies. He was charged with DWI and leaving the scene of a property damage accident. 

Stevens was off-duty at the time. He joined the department in 2017 and is now suspended pending a departmental investigation and hearing. He was released on an appearance ticket returnable to the Town of Cambria Court on October 5. 

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