GREECE, N.Y. — Former Greece Police Chief Drew Forsythe is now facing charges of driving while intoxicated and leaving the scene of a property damage accident after a crash involving his department-issued vehicle last month. 

Forsythe submitted his resignation days later.

Monroe County District Attorney Sandra Doorley says on Oct. 20, Forsythe attended a benefit for fallen New York State Police officers. She says, afterward, Forsythe headed to a bar and stayed there for roughly two hours. Doorley says video evidence collected by investigators shows Forsythe at the bar consuming six alcoholic drinks.

She says there is also footage of him leaving the South Avenue parking garage in Rochester. After that, Doorley says evidence shows Forsythe traveling north on Interstate 390 and hitting a guard rail, where he then left the scene and drove for close to an hour on what Doorley says was one working wheel, before calling into police saying he had hit a deer.

Doorley says Greece police brought Forsythe home, while his vehicle was towed to the department's lot.

With all of that, Doorley says the district attorney’s office has enough to charge him.

Doorley recommended an internal investigation into the department's handling of the crash, including the officers involved that night. She is also recommending that Greece police mandate body-worn cameras on officers, and says any incidents involving allegations of misconduct or violation of the law from officers be investigated by an outside agency.

“Now as a community, we trust that law enforcement officers aren’t above reproach," Doorley said. "Mr. Forsythe’s actions were disappointing and altered the community’s trust in the Greece Police Department.”

She says retired Rochester Police Deputy Chief Joseph Morabito has been selected by the town of Greece to head the investigation.

Greece Town Supervisor Bill Reilich says an internal investigation into the crash will be conducted.

He also announced the three officers that responded to the crash, Deputy Chief Casey Voelkl, Lieutenant Andrew Potter and Officer Evan Kalpin, have been suspended with pay. Reilich says that officers should have conducted a field sobriety test when responding to the crash.

The former chief will appear for the charges on December 9 before Greece Town Justice Granville and the internal investigation into the crash could take up to two months. 

Forsythe has not yet issued a statement regarding these latest developments.