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Oct 4, 2008 5:00 pm US/Central

Cop Accused Of Shooting ATM After Award Ceremony

NEW YORK (CBS) ― An NYPD sergeant is accused of shooting up an ATM machine on Manhattan's Upper East Side during an off-duty drunken rampage.

Sgt. John Hynes was on duty Wednesday when he appeared with Police Commissioner Ray Kelly at a Manhattan bar to honor retiring New York Post columnist Steve Dunleavy.

After his shift, the 35-year-old sergeant reportedly visited three other bars on New York City's Upper East Side, leaving Brady's on Second Avenue at 2 a.m. Thursday. Police say he pulled a gun from his waistband and opened fire, hitting an ATM machine chained to a storefront.

The 11-year NYPD veteran, assigned to the ceremonial unit, was suspended without pay following his arrest.

His attorney, Anthony DiFiore, told the Daily News that Hynes entered a plea of not guilty at his arraignment.

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