A Portland police officer who had drunkenly crashed an unmarked police car into another driver in Happy Valley was sentenced Monday to 32 days in jail.
Daniel C. Chastain, a detective on the gang enforcement team, was also ordered by Clackamas County Circuit Judge Jeffrey Jones to serve two years of probation, 24 hours of community service, complete alcohol treatment and have his driver’s license suspended for a year.
Chastain, 43, earlier pleaded guilty to driving under the influence of intoxicants, fourth-degree assault and reckless driving. Additional charges of reckless endangering, second-degree criminal mischief and first-degree official misconduct were dropped as part of a plea agreement.
Defense attorney Steven Myers said the conviction would likely cost his client his job. Chastain was placed on paid administrative leave after the April 25 crash, and a spokesman for the bureau said he didn’t have an update on Chastain’s employment status.
Chastain was off-duty but on call at the time, Brock said, and had just left a counseling session in Gresham. The crash occurred a little more than two miles from Chastain’s Happy Valley home.