One off-duty detective drove the victim from the airport to the townhouse on May 6, sources told ABC News.
The 20-year veteran detective has been assigned to the NYPD’s Executive Protection Unit, which handles the mayor’s security, since December 2021.
The detective works as part of the advance team, which checks out locations before the mayor arrives.
Damn, a lot to unpack there. These off-duty cops were directly employed by the torturers and one of them personally delivered the victim to a townhouse full of drugs, weapons and implements of torture? Seems like a few steps beyond placing them on “modified duty” are probably warranted.
Also, defense lawyers are gonna try for whatever arguments they can, but this is just ridiculous:
Really? The “he’s a wealthy holder of a degree in philosophy” defense? Thankfully the judge remained unconvinced and bail was denied.
Life imitates art. There was a recent episode of the Rookie that involved a recurring character (Skip Tracer Randy) becoming a bitcoin billionaire and then becoming the target of some kidnapping attempts.
No one sells their bitcoin for bitcoin.