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NYC, NY: officer punished after busting DA with DWI June 14, 2011 A cop who refused to cut a troubled Bronx prosecutor a break told NYPD investigators he was unfairly punished after busting her for DWI, police sources said. Officer Elliot Zinstein arrested Assistant District Attorney Jennifer Troiano on the Major Deegan Expressway on Aug. 26, after she got into a three-car wreck. Reeking of booze and wandering into traffic, Troiano "was stumbling and falling down and unable to keep her balance," court records show. Troiano tried to wriggle out of trouble, telling Zinstein he should call Nestor Ferreiro, chief of narcotics in the Bronx district attorney's office. "He'll take care of this," sources quoted her as saying. "He took care of it the last time." Zinstein made the arrest, and Troiano was charged with DWI and reckless driving. She refused to take a Breathalyzer test, prompting the suspension of her license. At the time of the arrest, Zinstein was assigned to Operation Impact in the 44th Precinct in the Bronx. In January, sources said, Zinstein and about 40 other Impact cops were transferred - but Zinstein was the only one bounced from the Bronx. On the force three years, he was moved to the 94th Precinct in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Zinstein, an Orthodox Jew, was told that the neighborhood needed more Jewish cops. He didn't buy that explanation because the Jewish population is much higher in the neighboring 90th Precinct in Williamsburg, sources said. "He was doing his job," a colleague said, referring to the August arrest. "He's a good cop. He's made a lot of arrests and has no disciplinary record." Zinstein, 27, was questioned by the Internal Affairs Bureau last month. He was grilled by investigators, and he told them he was unfairly transferred for arresting Troiano. The officer and his lawyer declined to comment. The NYPD wouldn't respond to Zinstein's allegations.
Zinstein was later told in a visit from a Personnel Bureau lieutenant "that the department wanted to do right by him," sources said. "He was told to figure out where he wants to work," one source said. "The lieutenant said he would make it happen for him." Zinstein has yet to act on that offer. Troiano skirted arrest at least twice before running into Zinstein. In 2005, she was in a car that was involved in a wreck upstate, sources said. She left the scene and was never charged. In 2009, she attended an office Christmas party and was later stopped by police in the Bronx, sources said. Troiano, who police suspect was driving drunk, was handcuffed and taken to the 44th Precinct stationhouse, where she identified herself as a prosecutor and got the arrest voided. Troiano, recently transferred to the Appeals Bureau, was never part of the ongoing ticket-fixing probe led by the Bronx district attorney's office. Still, when her arrest was first revealed in April it proved a huge embarrassment for District Attorney Robert Johnson. His office is trying to prove that up to 40 cops should be indicted. An additional 100 cops could face NYPD disciplinary charges. BY: Rocco Parascandola http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2011/06/14/2011-0614_unfinest_treatment_cop_punished_for_doing_right_thing_in_dwi_bust_of_prosecutor_.html?r=topne ws Comment here
Wash, DC: officer charged with scamming elderly woman June 14, 2011 WASHINGTON — A District of Columbia police officer was charged Tuesday with scamming an elderly woman she was assigned to help, authorities said. Sgt. Aisha Hackley was arrested on a theft charge at the police department’s Second District headquarters, where she works. The 35-year-old was released on personal recognizance and is due back in court later this month. Hackley forged the signature of an 85-year-old woman she met last December during a fraud investigation, depositing 10 checks from the woman’s Bank of America account that totaled more than $43,000, according to court charging documents. Eight of the checks were made payable to Aisha Jackson, which authorities say is another name for Hackley, and two were written out to Kevin Jackson, her son. The alleged victim contacted Bank of America on or about May 31 after noticing a series of suspicious checks charged against her account. She later told a fraud investigator that the signature on eight of the checks was not hers, that she would not have authorized the checks for the amounts written and that she did not know Aisha Jackson or Kevin Jackson, according to court records. Hackley, when questioned by a bank investigator, said she had met the woman last December after the woman reported being a victim of a lottery scam. Hackley visited the woman’s home several times over the next few months and even helped her open a new PNC Bank account, the documents say. Hackley’s attorney, Kenneth Auerbach, did not immediately return a call seeking comment. D.C. police spokeswoman Gwendolyn Crump said Hackley’s police powers have been revoked and that Hackley came under investigation after the Internal Affairs Division received a tip from a police officer last month. Hackley’s next court date is June 30. Hackley was recognized in December 2003, at the Capital Hotels Award Metropolitan Police Service Award Luncheon for arresting two teenagers who were in a stolen car after she saw the vehicle make an illegal turn. The Associated Press http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-police-officer-arrested-on-theft-charge-accused-of-forgingwomans-signature-on-checks/2011/06/14/AGFxO0UH_story.html Comment here
Northeast Queens, NJ: off-duty officer arrested for DWI June 14, 2011 An off-duty police officer was arrested today on a DWI charge after being pulled over within the confines of the 111th Precinct, police said. Marcello Massafra, 26, was pulled over in Bayside and found to be driving while under the influence of alcohol, police said. The officer, who works in the Bronx, was arrested and suspended, police said. The 111th Precinct covers Douglaston, Bayside and Little Neck. BY: Nathan Duke http://douglaston.patch.com/articles/officer-arrested-in-northeast-queens-on-dwi-charge Comment here
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