White Plains Firefighter Accused of Concealing Evidence in Wrong-Way Fatal Crash

WHITE PLAINS, NY — A White Plains firefighter faces the possible loss of his job over charges he lied to investigators and threw away evidence related to a colleague’s substance-impaired fatal wrong-way crash.

Brian Noonan was accused of concealing crime-scene evidence by throwing away a prescription pill bottle, the Journal News said.

The wrong-way crash involved Erik Refvik, who was sentenced in 2015 to prison in connection with the 2014 vehicular homicide that killed Reyda La Madrid of Port Chester.

Refvik, also a White Plains firefighter, had been drinking at a number of White Plains bars when he got into his car and was traveling the wrong-way at 65 mph and slammed into the car in which La Madrid was a passenger.

She was killed and the driver was seriously injured.

Police said Refvik was more than 2-1/2 times the legal limit for blood alcohol content and had other substances, such as cocaine, clonazepam and bath salts, in his system.

For more details about Noonan, including how the disciplinary charges came to light, read the complete Journal News article here.