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Post by Prosay on Jan 19, 2019 12:14:38 GMT -5
Metro
NYPD officer busted for selling marijuana in Brooklyn
By Amanda Woods
January 19, 2019 | 11:11am |
Cops busted one of their own for allegedly selling marijuana in Brooklyn Police officer Gilberto Mercedes, 42, was arrested around 5:25 p.m. Thursday for hawking “a quantity of marijuana” at Knickerbocker and Putnam avenues in Bushwick, authorities said. He was charged with criminal sale of marijuana and criminal possession of marijuana, police said. He was also hit with an endangering the welfare of a child charge — it wasn’t immediately clear if a minor was with him at the time. Mercedes, who is stationed in the Bronx, has been with the NYPD for 14 years, cops said. He earned more than $85,000 last year, records show. He was suspended without pay following the incident. Police were unable to provide any further details Saturday morning, saying that the department’s Internal Affairs Bureau is investigating. |
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Post by Elwood on Jan 19, 2019 12:47:18 GMT -5
Well, that was 14 years (and just 6 from a pension for life) down the drain. Was it worth it, dumbass?
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Post by Prosay on Jan 19, 2019 13:02:17 GMT -5
I guess he heard that King Cuomo was going to legalize marijuana for all, and figured he'd get in on the ground floor.
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Post by Santos on Jan 19, 2019 13:24:48 GMT -5
WTF is wrong with people? In the not too distant past, I would have sworn this was an article from The Onion, but now, I suppose its just par for the course.
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Post by beersandwings on Jan 19, 2019 14:00:40 GMT -5
F*ck him! He deserves a locker room beat down before he gets fired. Wonder who grabbed him (Narco, A/C?).
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Post by PH1nAlLY Phr33 on Jan 19, 2019 14:25:54 GMT -5
FVCK HIM🖕🖕🖕🖕
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Post by 3train8x4 on Jan 19, 2019 14:30:52 GMT -5
Should have gotten his off duty employment approval first.
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Post by bndb on Jan 19, 2019 14:35:45 GMT -5
F*ck him! He deserves a locker room beat down before he gets fired. Wonder who grabbed him (Narco, A/C?). I would bet it was not the Rat Squad! Buh Bye! |
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Post by pr24ftubx on Jan 19, 2019 15:03:38 GMT -5
Was he on an errand for an elected official. Hint hint.
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Post by overanddone on Jan 19, 2019 16:33:25 GMT -5
14 years, sounds like one of the 25K hires. This job gets more embarrassing by the day. Between the bearded fat kids, perps, 3rd world types, midgets, and other sundry carnival acts, it's a tragic comedy.
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Post by Opie Taylor on Jan 19, 2019 17:03:56 GMT -5
14 years in, only making 85k? Sounds like the PD was only his side gig...or he's already been sidelined for some other shenanigans.
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Post by dustoff262 on Jan 19, 2019 17:38:00 GMT -5
In not surprised at all. Seen plenty of cops get busted for similar things.
The NYPD is about as good or bad as it gets, depending on what gets in the papers.
Integrity and dignity is an individial responsibility. Its not a department quality.
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Post by Prosay on Jan 19, 2019 19:06:36 GMT -5
It is a department "quality" when the department turns a blind eye to the lack of those things, despite their "intensive" background checks, and, as in other cases, find ways around a "potential recruit's" arrest record, to fill a political need. For those too young to remember: having three unpaid parking tickets was an automatic disqualification from being hired, unless you got it straightened out by a date certain, as set by your investigator. And, God Forbid, you should have some type of moving violation or suspension on your driver's license years in the past, corrected or not.
Now a gun collar on a candidate's record, plead out to DisCon (despite what the A/O says) is overlooked to advance the political agenda of the department.
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Post by march302005 on Jan 19, 2019 19:07:34 GMT -5
He thought Cuomo made it legal already.
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Post by nuthinbutdatruth on Jan 19, 2019 20:25:54 GMT -5
What a complete moron. Good riddance to bad rubbish.
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Post by bndb on Jan 20, 2019 10:29:56 GMT -5
Good Bye Perp!
How many Cops have been killed (Det. Luis Lopez comes to mind) or hurt because of marijuana and this perp is going to sell weed on the corner of Knick and Putnam? Screw him!!
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Post by Prosay on Jan 20, 2019 12:05:04 GMT -5
"Down these mean streets a man must go, who is not himself mean, Who is neither tarnished or afraid.
He must be the best man in his world,
and good enough for any world.
If there were enough like him, I think the world would be
a safe place to live in, And yet not too dull worth living in."
Author Raymond Chandler describing his character Private Det. Philip Marlowe
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Post by terry33 on Jan 20, 2019 12:13:52 GMT -5
At least he wasnt in uniform as he dealt....so there's that.
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