FALL RIVER, Mass. (WPRI) — Fall River police have released the name of the officer who was taken into custody early Tuesday morning after he drunkenly forced his way into a stranger’s home.

The Fall River Police Department's Professional Standards Division revealed Thursday that the officer in question's name is David Silvia.

The investigation began after the Fall River Police Department received a call from a resident who claimed a man was banging on the front door asking for a woman by name.

Police said the man, later identified as Silvia, eventually barged into the home and continued his search for the woman.

Silvia immediately left the home "upon being informed by the resident that no one by the name lived at the address," according to police. He was taken into custody roughly half

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