Pignato arrested again, charged with DWI

Former Greece Police Officer Gary Pignato, jailed for bribing a woman to have sex with him, was charged Friday for allegedly driving drunk after leaving a local carnival.

Monroe County sheriff’s deputies said Pignato, 54, was stopped after allegedly running over several traffic cones after leaving the Hilton carnival.

Pignato was released to family members shortly after his arrest, said John Helfer of the sheriff’s office.

A jury in 2009 convicted Pignato of coercing a woman into having sex. He later pleaded guilty to official misconduct and trespassing in a case involving a second woman.

Pignato was released under the state correction system's conditional release program in 2013. The program entitles prisoners to conditional freedom upon serving two-thirds of the sentence. Pignato was serving a sentence of two to six years.

Pignato just completed his parole supervision on June 5.

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