The New York schools chief has been placed on administrative leave after being charged with DWI.
In an interview following his arrest around 8:45 p.m., Thomson told police that the last drink he had was at 6 p.m. at his home, according to a statement by the arresting officer in the police report. When asked how much he drank before the game, he said “too much.”While at the game, Thomson gave his phone and wallet to a student and asked them to film him crowd surfing, according to the police report. He forgot both items with the student, according to the report.
When police confronted him after he was driving in the parking lot of the district offices, Thomson told police he had just come from Sal’s Pizzeria where he had one beer. This contradicts what he told the police in the formal interview that his last drink was a couple of hours earlier. When officers were speaking to Thomson outside the district offices, before his arrest, they said they also smelled alcohol on his breath, according to the police report.
They asked Thomson to perform three field sobriety tests. He failed all three, unable at times to follow the directions, according to the police report. Thomson also took a BAC test and was found to be nearly