Car impounded after DWI crash, drunk driver arrested again trying to steal it back

Queens, NYC

A five-step program to demonstrate your need for a 12-step program:

1. Drive drunk, without a license, into a parked BMW and knock off a door;

2. Leave the scene of the crash;

3. Resist arrest kicking and screaming (literally);

3. Threaten to kill an arresting officer; and

4. Attempt to steal back your car from the police impound lot upn being released form jail.

Police arrested a 27-year-old Bronx man twice in December for drunk driving and for attempting to steal his impounded car from a NYPD lot.

Police said Byron Salazar-Rivera was arrested at about 5:30 p.m. on December 9 after he drove his 1996 Honda into (and knocked off the driver side door of) a parked 2000 BMW.

Salazar-Rivera refused to take a Breathalyzer test, resisted arrest by kicking and swinging his arms and legs as police tried to place him in handcuffs, authorities said. He then threatened to kill one of the officers who participated in his arrest, saying he would kill the cop as soon as he got out of jail.

Salazar-Rivera was charged with operating a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol, unlicensed driving, leaving the scene of an accident and resisting arrest. Following his arraignment at Queens Criminal Court, Salazar-River and a friend went to the impound lot at the 115th Precinct at 92nd Street and Northern Boulevard, where they tried to steal Salazar-Rivera's car, police said. More >>