Retired NYPD detective heading home from Long Island strip club killed friend in drunken crash, says Suffolk D.A.

A retired NYPD detective driving home from a Long Island strip club killed one of his passengers in a drunken crash, prosecutors charged Thursday.

Patrick McMahon, 48, was taking two friends home from the Blush Night Club in Commack at 2 a.m. Jan. 13 when he went off the road on Dovecote Lane, Suffolk County prosecutors said.

McMahon’s car, a 2018 Infiniti Q60, jumped a curb and barreled across the front lawn of a house, hitting a brick pillar and several trees before overturning.  A retired NYPD detective driving home from a Long Island strip club killed one of his passengers in a drunken crash, prosecutors charged Thursday.

Patrick McMahon, 48, was taking two friends home from the Blush Night Club in Commack at 2 a.m. Jan. 13 when he went off the road on Dovecote Lane, Suffolk County prosecutors said.

McMahon’s car, a 2018 Infiniti Q60, jumped a curb and barreled across the front lawn of a house, hitting a brick pillar and several trees before overturning, prosecutors said.

His backseat passenger, Steven Sarvis, 32, of Ronkonkoma, was fatally injured.A blood test taken more then 90 minutes after the crash showed McMahon’s blood alcohol level was 0.18%, more than twice the 0.08% legal threshold for driving while intoxicated, authorities said.

“There is no excuse in this day and age to drive drunk, particularly for this defendant as a former member of law enforcement,” said Suffolk County D.A. Timothy Sini. “He made the reckless, senseless decision to put the lives of his passengers and the lives of other motorists on the road in danger, and that decision proved fatal.”

McMahon, of Commack — who was charged with drunken driving after the fatal crash — was indicted Thursday on aggravated vehicular homicide, manslaughter and other charges. He faces between 8 1/3 and 25 years behind bars if convicted.

His bail was set at $250,000 bond or $125,000 cash.