So was Officer Richard Ochetal, who also worked in the NYPD
gun licensing division.
Not exact matches
Three retired police officers and a former Brooklyn prosecutor were charged yesterday in a widening federal corruption investigation into the New York Police Department and its
gun -
licensing division.
► David Villanueva - Sgt. Villanueva, who also worked in the NYPD's
License Division, was stripped of his gun and badge and placed on modified duty after the US Attorney charged Lichtenstein with bribing officers in the division for access to gun licenses for his
Division, was stripped of his
gun and badge and placed on modified duty after the US Attorney charged Lichtenstein with bribing officers in the
division for access to gun licenses for his
division for access to
gun licenses for his friends.
► Richard Ochetal - The officer assigned to the NYPD's
License Division was stripped of his
gun and badge and placed on modified duty along with Sgt. David Villanueva following Lichtenstein's arrest.
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.
«There's great concern in that very sensitive
division that individuals had inappropriate connectivity into that
division and circumvented some of the extraordinary safeguards we've built in to ensure only appropriate people get
gun licenses and
gun permits,» Bratton said.
A
gun registration would no longer be made public without a request for a waiver and a database with information on
licenses would be housed with the
Division of Criminal Justice Services, not the State Police.
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 who worked in the
License Division have also been charged by the feds with taking bribes to hand out
gun permits to unqualified applicants.
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 addition to the arrest, three NYPD officers who were part of the
division that processes
gun licenses, faced administrative charges related to the widening probe.
Another change would no longer allow for
gun registrations to be made public and give counties and the state
Division of Criminal Justice Services more oversight of the
license recertification process, not State Police.
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...