Cop sues driver who allegedly knocked him down during traffic stop - SILive.com

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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. – She fought the law, and now the law is fighting back - with a lawsuit.

Officer Brian Mullarkey has sued Alexandra Goode over an early-morning incident last Sept. 18, when Goode allegedly knocked him down with her Jeep and injured him during a traffic stop in Mariners Harbor.

Goode is already facing criminal charges including assault, drunken driving, reckless endangerment and leaving a scene involving an injury stemming from the 12:13 a.m. episode.

A civil complaint alleges Goode, 25, a Mariners Harbor resident, was intoxicated and drove the Jeep “in a dangerous, negligent, reckless and careless fashion.”

Recently filed in state Supreme Court, St. George, the suit seeks unspecified monetary damages.

Besides Alexandra Goode, the complaint names North Carolina residents Arthur James Goode and Cierra Shanta Wilkes as defendants.

Arthur Goode and Wilkes allegedly own the 2016 Jeep which Alexandra Goode was driving. It had North Carolina license plates, said the complaint.

The events unfolded in the vicinity of South Avenue and Wemple Street, police have said.

Cops stopped Alexandra Goode, and she became combative, the Advance previously reported, citing police.

Goode closed the driver’s side window on the arm of one officer, who police did not identify at the time.

In view of the lawsuit, that cop apparently was Mullarkey.

While Mullarkey’s arm was still stuck in the window, Goode drove off in the Jeep, said police.

The cop’s arm came free while the vehicle was in motion, and he fell to the pavement, police said.

The officer suffered injuries to his left wrist and left shoulder and was taken to Richmond University Medical Center in West Brighton, in stable condition, police said then.

Less than a week later, police released Goode’s photo and sought the public’s help in finding her.

Police released this photo of Alexandra Goode after the incident and sought the public's help in finding her. (Photo courtesy of NYPD)

She was arrested about a month later, on Oct. 23, and subsequently indicted.

Goode has denied the allegations, and her criminal case is pending in state Supreme Court, St. George.

"Unfortunately, in this day and age, as a young woman being stopped by an unmarked car and approached by those in civilian clothes, she chose to leave instead of possibly being victimized,” said Mario F. Gallucci, Goode’s criminal defense lawyer. “She completely denies that she injured anyone and believes it to be a ploy by the officer to collect unspecified money damages.”

Mullarkey’s lawyer did not immediately return a phone call seeking comment on the suit.

Attempts to reach Arthur Goode and Wilkes by phone were not immediately successful.

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