Grifter claims NYPD officer paid him $50,000 to kill ex-wife
The New York Daily News by SIMONE WEICHSELBAUM, ALISON GENDAR, WIL CRUZ AND JOTHAM SEDERSTROM - January 25, 2009
An NYPD officer was suspended from duty Saturday after a Long Island grifter claimed the Queens cop paid him $5,000 to kill his ex-wife, police sources said. Officer Anthony Battisti, 42, was suspended Saturday as police investigate claims by Timothy Gersbeck, 34, that the 17-year veteran hired the man to kill his ex-wife, sources said. Battisti has not been charged with any crime. Gersbeck was arrested Friday after he plunged a screwdriver into the neck of the woman in front of the Franklin Square home she once shared with Battisti. Police sources said Battisti was jealous of a new relationship his ex-wife had been pursuing and may have paid Gersbeck to kill the 44-year-old Long Island woman. Gersbeck, who was arrested on insurance fraud charges in 2005, had done odd jobs for Battisti, including some house painting and car repairs, police sources said. The victim, whose identity the Daily News is withholding, was in serious condition Saturday night at a Nassau County hospital.
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