An NYPD highway cop was arraigned on official misconduct
charges Friday in connection with his romantic pursuit of a Bronx woman he had
arrested for drunk driving. Officer Carlos Becker, 36, pleaded not guilty to
the one count indictment in Bronx Supreme Court and was released on his own
recognizance. Becker exchanged more than 600 text messages with Noonan almost
immediately after her arrest last March -- offering to cook for her, go out
drinking and travel together to Atlantic City.
Authorities learned of Becker's alleged shenanigans after
Noonan blacked out in the off-duty cop's car and woke up fully clothed in his
Long Island bedroom with a swollen black eye. Becker claimed she injured
herself, but Noonan believes she was assaulted.