N.Y. transit officer pleads guilty in Berks robbery

[WhiteFeather]

Nothing worse than when cops go bad and become criminals themselves

http://www.philly.com/philly/news/ne.../20250019.html

N.Y. transit officer pleads guilty in Berks robbery

READING - A suspended New York City transit policeman remains in federal custody following a guilty plea in the April 10 armed robbery of a Berks County bank.
Federal charges are also pending against Christian Torres, 21, in two bank robberies in New York City. He pleaded guilty Monday in Reading to robbing a bank in Muhlenberg Township using a firearm. - AP

[WhiteFeather]

Longer version, I guess crime pays better than police work

Suspended NYC policeman pleads guilty in robbery

READING, Pa. - A suspended New York City transit policeman remains in federal custody following a guilty plea in the April 10 armed robbery of a Berks County bank.

Federal charges are also pending against 21-year-old Christian Torres in two bank robberies in New York City. He pleaded guilty Monday in Reading to robbing a bank in Muhlenberg Township using a firearm.

The weapons charge carries a mandatory seven-year sentence under federal guidelines, in addition to the robbery sentence.

Authorities say $116,000 was taken in the Muhlenberg Township robbery. Torres was apprehended in a minivan a few blocks from the bank when employees alerted police with a silent alarm.

He's accused of robbing a bank branch in Queens twice in 2007, once taking $16,000 and a second time making off with $102,000.

http://www.philly.com/philly/wires/a.../20008069.html

[crlovel]

I wonder if Bloomberg will sue PA banks now and blame them for tempting his police?