Two NYPD detectives working at an digital music competition had been charged yesterday with stealing a few unopened bottles of costly champagne from concert-goers.
Attendees on the Electrical Zoo competition on Randall’s Island had ordered the Ace of Spades champagne — value $2,900 whole — from their VIP desk, however as quickly as they stepped away, the detectives — on drug enforcement obligation — swooped in and took them, in accordance with the costs, ultimately shoving them right into a backpack.
A 3rd detective detected their misconduct however did not intervene.
From The Washington Submit:
Detectives Wojciech Czech and Warren Golden had been arraigned Monday and suspended from their jobs. Czech pleaded not responsible to felony costs of grand larceny and prison possession of stolen property; Golden pleaded not responsible to official misconduct, a misdemeanor. Each had been launched with out bail.
A 3rd detective, Jonathan Gonzalez, is because of be arraigned on all three costs later within the week.
“Detective Czech is shocked and saddened by the prison costs,” mentioned his lawyer, Oliver Storch, including that his consumer is a 10-year legislation enforcement veteran who “loves being within the enterprise of defending and saving lives.” …
Some competition attendees who had ordered the Champagne bought sensible to what had occurred and confronted the detectives in entrance of a competition safety officer, who alerted his employer, prosecutors mentioned. The employer notified police. …
All three detectives have been on modified assignments since final fall. The New York Police Division mentioned Monday it could “proceed to pursue the information on this investigation and provoke additional self-discipline the place acceptable.”
Thankfully for the concert-goers, their expensive bubbles had been pulled out of the cop’s backpack and returned to them.
