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A New York Police Division (NYPD) officer was arrested on suspicion of conspiring to distribute laborious medication whereas on obligation, in line with the U.S. Lawyer’s Workplace for the Southern District of New York.
Bronx resident Grace Rosa Baez, 37, was charged with one rely of conspiracy to distribute fentanyl and heroin and three counts of narcotics distribution, in line with a press release launched Friday. She and an alleged confederate, 43-year-old Cesar Martinez, had been arrested Thursday.
Between Oct. 9 and 19, Baez and Martinez allegedly had a number of conversations with a confidential supply about trafficking wholesale narcotics. The suspects are accused of providing to promote massive portions of cocaine, heroin and fentanyl.
Baez, who has served within the NYPD since 2012, allegedly instructed the supply that she may promote two kilograms of fentanyl for $60,000 whole, and even supplied to provide the supply a pattern of the drug.
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The 2 suspects had been every charged with one rely of conspiracy to distribute fentanyl and heroin and three counts of narcotics distribution. (U.S. Lawyer’s Workplace, Southern District of New York)
“BAEZ instructed the CS [confidential source], in substance and partly, that the fentanyl was high quality and directed that the CS meet her on or about October 16, 2023, to acquire a pattern of the medication out there on the market,” the U.S. Lawyer’s Workplace assertion defined.
On the date of her arrest, Baez met the confidential course in Yonkers to finish the transaction. Authorities say that Baez was on obligation throughout a few of her conversations concerning the medication.
“Grace Rosa Baez took an oath to guard and serve the folks of New York Metropolis,” U.S. Lawyer Damian Williams mentioned in a press release. “As alleged, she flagrantly violated that oath by pushing poison, together with fentanyl and heroin, that are driving the nation’s lethal opioid disaster and have been accountable for 1000’s of tragic deaths on this metropolis and across the nation.”
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Baez allegedly instructed the supply that she may promote two kilograms of fentanyl for $60,000. (U.S. Lawyer’s Workplace, Southern District of New York)
“My Workplace and our legislation enforcement companions will proceed to aggressively pursue these peddling these lethal poisons — irrespective of who they’re,” Williams added.
Baez had been investigated for alleged misconduct in 2020, and positioned on modified obligation. The U.S. Lawyer’s Workplace mentioned that she was on modified desk obligation at an NYPD facility through the investigation.
“These expenses are extraordinarily troubling as a result of there isn’t a place for corruption inside the NYPD,” NYPD Police Commissioner Edward A. Caban mentioned in a press release. “If discovered responsible of those allegations, this officer can have tarnished the defend that she wore, in addition to her sacred oath to New Yorkers. She and her co-defendant will definitely be held to the very best account offered by the legislation.”
Baez and Martinez are accused of providing to promote massive portions of cocaine, heroin and fentanyl. (U.S. Lawyer’s Workplace, Southern District of New York)
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