New York City, New York: Police officers Joseph Stokes & Jose Aracena convicted in thefts of $5,020 from "drunk" driver

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New York City, New York, police officers Joseph 'Sticky Fingers' Stokes (left) & Jose 'Klepto' Aracena (right)​

Brickbat: Asset Forfeiture

16 March 2022

Juries have found former New York City Police Department Officer Joseph Stokes guilty of felony grand larceny and official misconduct and his partner, former NYPD Officer Jose Aracena, guilty of misdemeanor petit larceny and official misconduct. Prosecutors said Stokes took $4,800 and Aracena took $220 from a driver whom they stopped for drunk driving. But the driver was actually an undercover police officer who was part of an integrity sting.

Brickbat: Asset Forfeiture

Juries have found former New York City Police Department Officer Joseph Stokes guilty of felony grand larceny and official misconduct...

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2 former NYPD officers convicted for stealing cash from undercover cop in sting operation

10 March 2022

Two former NYPD officers were convicted of larceny and misconduct after they took the bait in a sting operation and stole cash from the car of an undercover cop posing as a drunk driver, Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg announced Thursday. Joseph Stokes, 42, and Jose Aracena, 37, both stole money during an integrity test on Oct. 29 2019. “New Yorkers must be able to trust that law enforcement officials are held to the same standards of justice as everyone else,” said Bragg. “These two officers, believing nobody was watching, attempted to use their positions of power to get away with ...

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Two NYPD officers found guilty of stealing cash from ‘drunk driver’ in a police ‘integrity’ sting

10 March 2022

Two former police officers were convicted by Manhattan juries of stealing cash from a suspect they arrested in an “integrity test” sting staged by the NYPD’s Internal Affairs Bureau, prosecutors said Thursday. Officer Joseph Stokes, 42, stole $4,800, and his partner, Jose Aracena, 37, separately grabbed $220 in a 2019 drunken driving bust on the Lower East Side, according to prosecutors. Stokes was convicted of felony grand larceny and official misconduct last month, while a second jury found Aracena guilty of petit larceny and official misconduct, both misdemeanors, Thursday. Both cops were dismissed from the police force in June, a ...

Two NYPD officers found guilty of stealing cash from ‘drunk driver’ in a police ‘integrity’ sting

Officer Joseph Stokes, 42, stole $4,800, and his partner, Jose Aracena, 37, separately grabbed $220 in a 2019 drunken driving bust on the Lower East Side, prosecutors said.

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