A Russian gangster has been charged on Sunday morning after police spotted him driving recklessly through the streets of New York City during the travel ban.
Aleksey Tsvetkov, aged 36, was arrested after police officers spotted him speeding through Brooklyn at 2am.
NYPD’s Chief of Department James O’Neill said that officers saw an individual who ‘made a series of bad decisions…I counted five’.
He also reported to the New York Daily News: ‘First of all, he decided to drive after the ban was put in place. Then he decided to speed. Then he decided to blow through two red lights. And then last but not least he decided to drink before all this. So we locked him up for DWI also.’
Tsvetkov’s lawyer said that his client had not been drinking and that he will come back to fight these charges.
He was later charged with driving while intoxicated, reckless driving, running a red light and possession of drugs, among other charges.
In 2003, Tsvetkov was one of seven suspected gangsters indicted on racketeering charges for terrorizing Russian immigrants.
He was released after he posted $2,500 bail.
