NYPD
Officer Charged With Spying on 21-Year-Old Neighbor
At least one NYPD officer has taken his department's
elaborate spying program to heart: eight-year NYPD veteran Miguel Gomez was
arrested on Friday and charged with using a surveillance camera to spy on a
young woman in his apartment building. According police sources cited by the
New York Daily News, Officer Gomez used the camera to track his 21-year-old
neighbor's activities, including when she would enter and leave their building.
The same police source said it was unlikely Gomez was using
any of the NYPD's technology: "If he did, he would definitely face
additional charges," the source told the Daily News.
While there's been no official statement yet on the arrest,
at least one person is sticking up for Gomez: his mother:
"My son is a very good boy and wouldn't do a thing like
that," Juliana Gomez, 67, told the Daily News Saturday night, and refused
to answer follow-up questions.
As DNA Info notes, the arrest took part during a
particularly bad weekend for the NYPD; Gomez was just one of five NYPD
employees – including three cops – arrested in two days. Two other police
officers were arrested for drunk driving on Sunday, a traffic cop was found
with stolen belongings and fake guns in her trunk on Friday, and an
administrative aide in the department was charged Saturday with possession of a
controlled substance.
Former
Bristol cop sentenced on misconduct charges
BLOUNTVILLE, Tenn. - Former Bristol Tennessee Police Sgt.
Robert Caudill received a suspended sentence of nearly two years for promising
to reduce a woman's DUI charge in return for sex.
He pleaded guilty Monday to two misdemeanor counts of
attempted official misconduct and received a suspended sentence of 11 months
and 29 days on each count, to be served consecutively.
He twice had sexual relations with the woman but failed to
clear her charges.
She told prosecutors about the broken deal after she was
sentenced in January, said Sullivan County District Attorney Barry Staubus.
Caudill resigned from the police department last week, Chief
Blane Wade said.
Read tomorrow's Bristol Herald Courier for more.
Wilmington, North Carolina: A second police officer who has
been linked to a botched undercover prostitution sting has resigned. The police
department said that three officers were disciplined for the incident.
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