Sentences with phrase «gun licenses allegedly»

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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.

In return, Grant allegedly helped Reichberg and his associate expedite applications for gun licenses, getting the associate out of traffic tickets, court records state.

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.

Federal officials Monday unsealed corruption charges against four NYPD officers and two businessmen linked to Mayor Bill de Blasio, popping the lid off an explosive scandal in which top cops allegedly got payoffs and prostitutes to provide help ranging from gun licenses and police escorts to closing a Lincoln Tunnel lane.

He allegedly conspired for years to bribe police officers to obtain gun licenses from the NYPD and sell them to people in his Brooklyn community.

The court suppressed the gun and the vest, holding that there was no probable cause to arrest the driver, Ayala, based either on the fact that he was allegedly texting while driving, or on the arresting officer's «mistake» in concluding that he had only a learner's permit, rather than a full - blown driver's license.