More heads roll in cop-theft probe

HEADS ARE continuing to roll - of higher-ups, this time - over a stalled Internal Affairs investigation into a former Philadelphia police officer who allegedly stole automatic-weapon parts from the department.

Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey on Friday transferred Inspector Jeanette Dooley out of Internal Affairs, and acknowledged yesterday that disciplinary actions will soon be taken against Internal Affairs Lt. Leonard Logan and his former supervisor, Capt. David Harte.

Logan was assigned to an Internal Affairs investigation into Officer Anthony Magsam, who allegedly stole automatic-weapon parts in 2009 from the Firearms Identification Unit, where he worked.

Numerous police sources have told the Daily News that Magsam - whose mother, Police Sgt. Barbara Feeney, is married to retired Chief Inspector Michael Feeney - confessed to the theft, and was transferred from the FIU without being disciplined.

The People's Paper first reported in August that the Internal Affairs investigation of the incident had apparently stalled, more than a year after anonymous tipsters spoke up about the incident.

Magsam resigned last month, a few days before Ramsey planned to fire him from the force.

An FBI investigation was launched - at Ramsey's request - to determine if Magsam had violated any federal gun laws. The investigation is ongoing.

Ramsey last month also suspended the FIU's former commander, Lt. Vincent Testa, for 30 days, and permanently transferred him from the unit.

Ramsey suspended the unit's other supervisor, Sgt. Andrew Little, for five days.

Testa and Little were both cited for failure to supervise and for neglect of duty. Ramsey said both knew about the alleged theft and didn't report it.

Ramsey said yesterday that he was unsure which infractions for which Logan, Harte and Dooley would be cited.

A law-enforcement source familiar with the case said that Logan might be suspended for failing to investigate and that Harte and Dooley could be cited for failing to supervise.

"There's a lot of people who didn't move this [case] along. I need to know why," Ramsey said. "This really takes away the credibility of our ability to investigate these things quickly . . . there has to be some accountability."

Sources previously told the Daily News that Logan had received substantial information from members of the FIU about Magsam's alleged theft but that the case stalled when Logan encountered resistance in Internal Affairs.

Ramsey, however, said he's seen no evidence to suggest that that is true.

"There's no real reason for it to have lingered for so long down there," he said.

John McNesby, president of the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 5, said that the union, during arbitration hearings down the road, would likely appeal the suspensions and other disciplinary actions.

"The one guy that caused all of this is out [of the department]," McNesby said. "Whatever he has coming to him, he has coming to him. It just seems like there's a lot of people taking a hit over this unnecessarily."