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Cop Allegedly Took Flatscreen TV In Exchange For Ticket-Fixing
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Christopher Robbins
Published Oct 19, 2011
Modified Oct 19, 2011
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Published Oct 19, 2011
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José Ramos, the NYPD officer whose chatter with drug dealers on tapped phone lines instigated the department's massive ticket-fixing probe, said back in April that he didn't take money for his "professional courtesy." "I haven't taken a dime. I have nothing to worry about," he said. Now, a NYPD source tells the Post that Ramos actually accepted a flatscreen TV among other stolen electronics.
Ramos, a former PBA delegate in the Bronx's 40th Precinct, has been linked to the drug dealer Lee King AKA Marco Mack, who he was reportedly speaking to on wiretaps. Harry Mingo, a neighborhood fixture who was arrested in 2009 for buying $20K worth of laptops and electronics from Radio Shack with bogus credit cards, allegedly gave Ramos the TV and other stolen goods in exchange for a PBA card and Ramos' help with citations.
According to grand jury testimony from the citizens who gave ticket-fixing officers favors, cops also received goodies like Yankees tickets and spaces in the stadium's exclusive box. You'd have to be a fool to accept "a dime!"
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Christopher Robbins
Christopher Robbins is a New York City reporter covering transportation, affordable housing, local politics, and criminal justice. His work has also appeared in New York Magazine, The Village Voice and The New York Times. Chris is a graduate of Patrick Henry High School in Roanoke, Virginia, and enjoys biking to Fort Tilden in the summertime.
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