NYPD Officer Accused of Leading Drug Robbery Crew
Armed with police department equipment
A veteran New York police officer is accused of equipping a robbery crew with state-of-the art New York police equipment and helping them loot drug dealers out of a million dollars.
The officer, Jose Tejada, 45, is also accused of allowing the robbery crew to use his Manhattan apartment for their enterprise.
In court documents filed Wednesday, federal prosecutors said the crew posed as police officers and used fake warrants to arrest drug traffickers.
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They only charged him because they weren’t getting a cut. Otherwise he would be given a medal for that kind of motivation.