NYPD arrested for lying under oath about seeing a gun

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Another day, another cop arrested for fabricating evidence.  That's like three this week.

 

 

An NYPD officer was arrested Tuesday for repeatedly lying under oath about seeing a handgun in a suspect’s apartment in order to obtain a search warrant.

Joseph Moloney was charged on a 24-count indictment for lying on five occasions from May 2016 to April 2017 about spotting a pistol in a Red Hook Houses apartment — including on a search warrant affidavit, to a judge to get the warrant, and to a grand jury.

Although there was a silver handgun in the bedroom where two children slept, Moloney did not see the gun — it was another officer of the 76th Precinct who did, prosecutors said.

“Our police officers are expected to be truthful and honest at all times because people’s fates and the integrity of the justice system depend on that. We allege that the officer in this case failed to do that and instead repeatedly gave false testimony under oath,” said Brooklyn DA Eric Gonzalez.

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During an April 2017 pre-trial hearing, Moloney’s account began to unravel when the cop admitted to a judge that his sworn testimony was a “mistake on my part, being my first search warrant that I’d sworn out alone, and just a rookie mistake,” according to court records.

But Moloney came clean during preparations for additional pre-trial hearings in July 2017, prosecutors said.

Police officer Joseph Moloney at State Supreme Court in Brooklyn on March 27.

 (JESSE WARD/FOR NEW YORK DAILY NEWS)

“Such conduct diminishes public trust and is, in fact, criminal. We intend to now hold the defendant accountable,” said Gonzelez.

 

The suspect’s weapons charges were dismissed.

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Moloney, 27, was escorted into Brooklyn Supreme Court uncuffed and surrounded by six NYPD detectives. His attorney John Tynan entered a not guilty plea on his behalf before Justice Danny Chun released him on his own recognizance.

Moloney was placed on modified duty with the department and faces up to four years in prison for the top charge of perjury.

 

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/nypd-cuffed-lying-gun-suspect-home-oath-article-1.3899225