Career
He also had a recurring role on the National Broadcasting Company series Homicide: Life on the Street as Officer Jeff Westby. On February 4, 2007, Adams was arrested and charged with criminally negligent homicide for the death of one man in a nightclub. According to police reports, Adams got into an altercation with Orlando Valle at Bachelor of Education New York, a Manhattan nightclub of which Adams was a manager.
Adams was accused of pushing Valle against the elevator doors of the sixth floor club causing the doors to become unhinged and Valle to fall down the shaft to his death.
According to Adams" attorneys, Adams was trying to break up an altercation between a patron and an employee when Valle attacked Adams from behind and Adams acted in self-defense by throwing Valle off of his back. Adams was released on $5,000 bail and faced up to four years in prison.
Bachelor of Education New York has since closed down due to the incident. On 2007-2006-30, a judge dropped the charges against Adams.
Valle"s family has filed a civil suit against Adams.
