Sentences with phrase «nypd gun permits»
A former Brooklyn prosecutor forked over thousands of dollars in bribes to get NYPD gun permits for New Yorkers who should not have had them, including people with records of...
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In addition to Grant and Harrington, NYPD Sergeant David Valenueva and Officer Richard Ochetal have been arrested on charges that they providing gun permits to unqualified applicants in exchange for thousands of dollars in bribes.
A former Brooklyn prosecutor is set to go on trial Monday in a guns - for - bribes case that has shaken up the way the NYPD doles out gun permits.
Also Monday, the feds arrested Sgt. David Villanueva and Officer Richard Ochetal of the NYPD License Division for allegedly taking cash bribes from Brooklyn businessman, Alex Lichtenstein, who wanted gun permits for undeserving applicants paying him as much as $ 18,000 each.
A New York appellate court has ruled in favor of the NYPD's decision NOT to release the addresses of gun permit holders» to the NY Times newspaper.
Alex Lichtenstein is accused of bribing NYPD officers for gun license permits, prosecutors said.
The NYPD has revoked the gun carry permits of more than two dozen people who got them through a shady middleman indicted for bribing NYPD cops working in the department's Licensing Division, sources tell the NY Post.
At the same time Lichtenstein was allegedly bribing officers in Brooklyn's gun - licensing division, two NYPD cops abruptly retired from the unit to start a business helping people get pistol permits.
Two other officers from the NYPD License Division have also been stripped of their guns and badges during the probe for allegedly taking bribes from a Borough Park - based businessman, who was arrested for allegedly arranging gun permits for friends and clients for up to $ 18,000 each.
Eight other officers — the majority are high - ranking officials — have been disciplined so far in the growing scandal, including a sergeant and an officer in the NYPD License Division who are suspected of taking money in exchange for helping applicants obtain gun permits.
In New York City, which has some of the nation's most stringent gun laws, the NYPD handles both vetting and approval for the permits.
The FBI is looking into two NYPD cops who abruptly retired from the gun - licensing division to start a business helping people get pistol permits — at the same time a...