Veteran Bronx cop Miguel Burgos indicted in plot to fleece drug dealers
The New York Daily News by Samuel Goldsmith and Rocco Parascandola - February 4, 2010
A city cop was charged Wednesday with helping to plan a ripoff of drug dealers. Miguel Burgos, 32, allegedly gave his unnamed co-conspirators a police scanner and a hydraulic jack used by emergency workers for a 2008 caper. Burgos was arrested Tuesday afternoon while on his way to work at the 52nd Precinct in the Bronx. He has been suspended from the NYPD, a source said. A cop since 2004, he appeared in Manhattan Federal Court yesterday where he was arraigned on a conspiracy charge that carries up to 20 years in prison. He pleaded not guilty and was freed on $100,000 bond. "I can't talk about it, I have nothing to say," Burgos he said as he left. The cop was arrested in a joint sting operation by the NYPD and Drug Enforcement Administration, but few details were released. The indictment unsealed yesterday said he gave his cohorts a Hydra-Ram so they could rob drug pushers. The $1,500 tool can exert 10,000 pounds of force and pry open a steel door. It's unclear how Burgos knows the co-conspirators or whether the scanner and jack were NYPD property. The targets were not named. The feds said the probe is continuing. rparascandola@nydailynews.com
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