An NYPD detective allegedly took bribes from a crew of four robbers — who targeted Asian-Americans for their thefts — to help them avoid getting arrested.
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Saul Arismendy De La Cruz, 31, as an NYPD officer — and later as a detective — allegedly “helped”
ringleader Dagoberto Soto-Ramirez and his four-man crew “evade arrest” in exchange for bribes from 2017 through 2022, according to a White Plains federal indictment.
Soto-Ramirez — who went by aliases including “Pito,” “Felix Correa” and “Jacob Guzman” — pulled together the group that carried out
“scores’ of home robberies in New York and throughout the country, according to the charging document.
The men, armed with guns and other weapons, stole money, jewelry and other property from their marks, the majority of whom were Asian-American small business owners, the court papers claim.
They chose their targets “including by stalking victims, conducting internet research and compensating tipsters,” the indictment alleges.
De La Cruz — who went by the nicknames “Nene” and “Venom” in the theft gang — had a
$143,092 salary in 2022, as a Field Intelligence Officer assigned to the 100 Precinct in Queens, according to public records. He was, however,
suspended without pay that November amid a federal probe over an off-duty shooting he was allegedly involved in,
The Post reported at the time.
De La Cruz
retired in December 2022, according to the NYPD.
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An
off-duty NYPD detective exchanged gunfire with a suspect on the street in Queens early Tuesday
after stopping his car to question the man because he looked suspicious, cops and police sources said.
An off-duty NYPD detective exchanged gunfire with a suspect on the street in Queens early Tuesday.
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I think I remember this one.
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