It's just nice knowing that I have this off my shoulders, that I don't have to have a worry," said /*Thomas Moroughan*/.
An obviously relieved Thomas Moroughan left court a free man, as charges he assaulted a police officer were dismissed by the prosecutor himself.
It happened on a cold winter night three months ago.
Moroughan was driving a cab and found himself ensnared in an argument with two other drivers, both of them off-duty /*Nassau County*/ Police Officers.
They claimed he tried to run them down, and Officer /*Anthony DiLeonardo*/ opened fire, shooting Moroughan twice, right through his windshield.
Moroughan was arrested hours later at the hospital.
In court Monday, prosecutors dropped a bombshell, saying they have evidence officer DiLeonardo was drunk at the time of the shooting.
Although he refused to take a test for drugs or alcohol, "The evidence of consumption so negatively affects the officer's credibility, the people cannot prove the case beyond a reasonable doubt."
Monday, no one came to the door of DiLeonardo's /*Massapequa*/ home.
Moroughan is now planning a civil suit against both officers and the /*Suffolk County Police Department*/ who arrested him so quickly.
Police say if Officer DiLeonardo was in fact drunk, even while off duty, that would be a violation of policy.
An internal investigation, is now under way.
