‘This looks terrible:’ Bodycam shows Fairfax County prosecutor cited for drinking

CENTREVILLE, Va. (7News) — Newly released bodycam footage from the Fairfax County Police Department reveals that during an Aug. 8 police call, when Senior Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney Eric Clingan

was cited for drinking in public, officers did not make Clingan perform a sobriety test and provided the prosecutor with a ride home in the front seat of a police cruiser.

Clingan, 57, was served with a summons for drinking an alcoholic beverage in public, a Class 4 misdemeanor, and released after the incident in early August…

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