Police officer made guns; sold them to NY gangs
Mar 3, 2019 23:03:03 #
Los-Angeles-Shooter
Loc: Los Angeles
PLATTEK**L, N.Y. (AP) — A police officer with the New York City Department of Environmental Protection has been arrested on charges of manufacturing guns at his upstate home and selling them to motorcycle gang members.
Thirty-eight-year-old Gregg Marinelli is also charged with tipping off a suspect in a major drug investigation, state police and the Orange County district attorney’s office said.
Marinelli, a sergeant in the DEP police, was arrested Thursday at his home in Plattek**l.
Police say Marinelli assembled dozens of handguns and assault rifles and sold them to “individuals who are legally barred from possessing such weapons” including members of outlaw motorcycle clubs. Many of the guns Marinelli sold had no serial numbers and would be impossible to trace, authorities said.
New York cop charged making selling guns
(New York State Police via AP)
The Times Herald-Record of Middletown reports that Marinelli was arraigned Friday on charges including criminal sale of a firearm, hindering prosecution and conspiracy.
Police said they learned about Marinelli’s crimes during a cocaine- and f******l-trafficking investigation dubbed “Operation: Bread, White and Blues” that resulted in more than two dozen arrests. Marinelli tipped off “one of the major people” in that case, Orange County District Attorney David Hoovler said Friday.
“This has to be one of the most egregious breaches of trust that I have encountered,” Hoovler said. “I am furious. Number 1, about the leak in the case; and number 2, the conduct, the possibility of putting untraceable guns on the street.”
It’s not clear if Marinelli has an attorney who can speak for him.
A spokesman for the New York City DEP said Saturday that the alleged crimes “betray the oath that this officer took to protect the public.”
Plattek**l is about 75 miles (120 kilometers) north of New York City. The city DEP deploys officers to the area to protect the city’s water supply system.
Thirty-eight-year-old Gregg Marinelli is also charged with tipping off a suspect in a major drug investigation, state police and the Orange County district attorney’s office said.
Marinelli, a sergeant in the DEP police, was arrested Thursday at his home in Plattek**l.
Police say Marinelli assembled dozens of handguns and assault rifles and sold them to “individuals who are legally barred from possessing such weapons” including members of outlaw motorcycle clubs. Many of the guns Marinelli sold had no serial numbers and would be impossible to trace, authorities said.
New York cop charged making selling guns
(New York State Police via AP)
The Times Herald-Record of Middletown reports that Marinelli was arraigned Friday on charges including criminal sale of a firearm, hindering prosecution and conspiracy.
Police said they learned about Marinelli’s crimes during a cocaine- and f******l-trafficking investigation dubbed “Operation: Bread, White and Blues” that resulted in more than two dozen arrests. Marinelli tipped off “one of the major people” in that case, Orange County District Attorney David Hoovler said Friday.
“This has to be one of the most egregious breaches of trust that I have encountered,” Hoovler said. “I am furious. Number 1, about the leak in the case; and number 2, the conduct, the possibility of putting untraceable guns on the street.”
It’s not clear if Marinelli has an attorney who can speak for him.
A spokesman for the New York City DEP said Saturday that the alleged crimes “betray the oath that this officer took to protect the public.”
Plattek**l is about 75 miles (120 kilometers) north of New York City. The city DEP deploys officers to the area to protect the city’s water supply system.
Mar 4, 2019 07:19:11 #
Los-Angeles-Shooter wrote:
PLATTEK**L, N.Y. (AP) — A police officer with the ... (show quote)
I do not envy any cop who winds up behind bars. Unless he is kept out of general population, the prison drama club will be doing a remake of scene from the movie Deliverance. Squeal, 🐖, squeal
Mar 4, 2019 14:56:46 #
Shutterbugsailer wrote:
I do not envy any cop who winds up behind bars. Unless he is kept out of general population, the prison drama club will be doing a remake of scene from the movie Deliverance. Squeal, 🐖, squeal
He will be pc'd up. What a dipstick.
Mar 4, 2019 16:00:03 #
Los-Angeles-Shooter wrote:
PLATTEK**L, N.Y. (AP) — A police officer with the ... (show quote)
What’s the point of this post? That all cops are bad? You don’t think dangerous people can be found in any demographic? No one in their right mind would defend such an egregious act if true but is your post intended to denigrate all law enforcement officers?
Mar 4, 2019 16:07:03 #
wooden_ships wrote:
What’s the point of this post? That all cops are bad? You don’t think dangerous people can be found in any demographic? No one in their right mind would defend such an egregious act if true but is your post intended to denigrate all law enforcement officers?
Then again, there is not much point to most of the posts in the attic, including mine
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