The New York Post by Kirstan Conley and Leonard Greene - April 15, 2011
A former Bronx prosecutor charged with DWI wants his case tossed because the cop who busted him is a target of a ticket-fixing probe that could put some officers behind bars. Even though the officer, Julissa Goris, was caught on a wiretap trying to fix a ticket for a relative and a friend, prosecutors said the seven-year NYPD veteran won't face criminal charges. But she could be hit with departmental charges. And her admitted offense -- and dozens more like it by cops across the city -- could jeopardize hundreds of criminal cases throughout the five boroughs, including that of former Assistant DA Stephen Lopresti. Goris, 29, arrested him as he drove home from a Christmas party in 2006. That was after he left the Bronx DA's Office to enter private practice. After defense lawyer Adam Perlmutter learned that Goris had become ensnared in the ticket-fixing probe, he moved to have Lopresti's case dismissed. His motion is pending. At a hearing last week, Goris admitted she sought help from a union delegate to make two speeding citations disappear. The testimony marked the first time that any names of cops involved in the probe have been revealed. "I asked my PBA delegate, Jamie Payan, if he could fix a summons that my boyfriend's cousin had received and another summons that my mom had received," she admitted at the hearing. Goris said both tickets, one in Queens and one in Manhattan, were taken care of. "She didn't have to pay," Goris said of her mother. "That's how the ticket got fixed." Additional reporting by Len Maniace leonard.greene@nypost.com
2 comments:
Amen it's about time.A small step but it's a start.
How about the cops who fixed John Walter's child molestation arrest?
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