An NYPD cop who said he joined a violent robbery crew targeting drug dealers to pay his mortgage was slammed yesterday with 20 years in prison by an outraged judge. Officer Jorge Arbaje-Diaz emigrated from the Dominican Republic at age 19, earned a college degree and joined the NYPD in 2005 – then disgraced his badge because he couldn’t make the monthly payments on a new house. That lame excuse didn’t sit well with Brooklyn Federal Judge Nicholas Garaufis.
0 minute readDirty ex-cop gets 20 years in prison for robbing drug dealers to pay mortgage
June 8, 2011, 11:53am
Christine was a reporter with HousingWire through August 2011.see full bio
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