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Rocky Mount Officer Charged With DWI

A Rocky Mount police officer has been charged with drunken driving after he was involved in an accident, police said.

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ROCKY MOUNT, N.C. — A Rocky Mount police officer has been charged with drunken driving after he was involved in an accident, police said.

Sgt. Allen Moore has been charged with driving while intoxicated and reckless driving, police said. He hit a utility pole and a parked car on Wade Avenue, police said.

The Rocky Mount Police Department is handling the matter internally, police said, declining to discuss Moore's status.

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