A Daily News series on a police investigation into questionable claims by a drug-case informant and their ramifications.
A FORMER police captain who supervised narcotics officers now at the center of an FBI-led corruption investigation has landed a top job at the District Attorney's Office.
The story that started it all
Snitch says narc lied to jail alleged drug dealers. Did he?
For seven years, Ventura Martinez has worked as one of the city's most productive police informants, bringing down more than 200 drug and gun dealers.
But Martinez now says that some of the police jobs were tainted, rooted in lies and motivated by power, greed and money.
But Martinez now says that some of the police jobs were tainted, rooted in lies and motivated by power, greed and money.
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IT STARTED simple: A longtime drug informant accused a narcotics officer of fabricating evidence to frame suspected drug dealers. But in the 11 months since the Daily News first detailed the allegations lodged by informant Ventura Martinez against Officer Jeffrey Cujdik, the fallout is far from simple, with no conclusion in sight.
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The Internal Affairs Bureau has stripped two more narcotics officers of their police powers and service weapons in connection with an expanding federal-local investigation into allegations of perjury and misconduct, including fabrication of evidence.
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No sexual relationships. No gifts. No "social, financial or business" dealings. No undocumented meetings or telephone conversations. Those are just a few of the rules spelled out in a new police directive that places tighter controls on officers and their confidential informants.
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Narcotics Officer Jeffrey Cujdik and fellow squad members routinely conducted "illegal searches" of corner stores, then disabled surveillance cameras to "cover up" their actions and the theft of money and merchandise, according to allegations in two civil lawsuits filed yesterday.
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THE CITY IS still paying thousands of dollars in court-related overtime to four narcotics officers taken off the street after being accused of fabricating evidence and other crimes.
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THE BURLY narcotics officer yanked down the young woman's underwear as they stood in the doorway of her second-floor Frankford apartment, she said.
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Narcotics Officer Thomas Tolstoy is on desk duty and is a focus of a growing probe into allegations of police misconduct. The complaints filed and police administrative action against Tolstoy include:
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Prompted by reports that a group of narcotics officers took thousands in cash and merchandise from mom-and-pop stores during raids, Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey last night assured Dominican community leaders and merchants that he will stand tough against misconduct.
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New cop misconduct alleged: 4th drug officer off street; women cite groping
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A fourth Philadelphia police officer has been taken off the street in connection with an expanding investigation into allegations of police misconduct. This time, three women say they were fondled and groped.
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THE POLICE Department's elite Narcotics Field Unit is supposed to go after big fish - kingpins who package mounds of drugs behind closed doors.
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Video sharpens focus on raid
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THE NARCOTICS officers knew they were being watched on video surveillance moments after they entered the bodega. Officer Jeffrey Cujdik told store owner Jose Duran that police were in search of tiny ziplock bags often used to package drugs. But, during the September 2007 raid, Cujdik and fellow squad members seemed much more interested in finding every video camera in the West Oak Lane store.
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The Daily News has obtained surveillance video of a Sept. 11, 2007, police raid at a West Oak Lane grocery store.
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