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NYPD rookie Christian Torres has been charged in robbing an East Village Sovereign Bank branch twice. The law enforcement officer who held a second "job" as a felonious stickup man was initially arrested after robbing a Pennsylvania bank of $113,000.
Torres robbed the New York bank a month before he entered the police academy and then again while he was a police officer; police found the clothes he wore during those robberies in his Queens apartment. While some may argue that NYPD recruits are underpaid, Torres bought a new car and a 1.5-carat diamond ring for his fiancée.
His two East Village jobs netted him $118,000, and the reason Torres managed to steal so much money (many robberies are limited to four-figure takes) is that he wasn't averse to threatening extreme violence. He showed a gun to tellers, passed notes threatening to kill people if his demands weren't met, and, in Pennsylvania, he forced a teller into the bank's vault at gunpoint.
The Feds are leading the prosecution of Torres in the New York City robberies and are working with Pennsylvania authorities, who will get first dibs at convicting the crooked cop. Proving that there's no honor among thieves, one of Torres' Queens neighbors told the New York Post last week that if he knew the 21-year-old was stashing that much money in his house, he would've "robbed his ass."
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i'm sure inmates love cops that end up in jail.. this guy is going to have a blast!
If our police officers were paid more, this wouldn't have happened. He had no choice but to turn to robbery.
Kojak,
Give me a break. You cannot conclude that just because police officers aren't paid enough is the reason he resorted to robbing a bank. The article specifically states he robbed the bank a month before joining the police academy.
If only this sort of unethicality was an isolated occurence in the NYPD.
Courtesy, Professionalism, Respect--Gimme a break!
police officers get paid in power. You know how many dickhead cops get high off that shit? abusing their authority? Superbad was right. Having a gun is like having two cocks. if one of your cocks could kill people.
NYPD brass needs a major overhaul - this kind of lawlessness among the rank and file filters down from the top.
using Kojak's logic, I'm surprised there hasn't been a crimewave led by public school teachers. Get a fucking clue, man.
When the Officer received notice of his starting pay, he probably snapped. What better place is there to get cash up front than a bank?
Actually many public school teachers, especially hot young female teachers, are getting caught kicking it to underage male students. If thats not a crime wave I don't know what is.
i wouldn't call it a crime wave. i called the kid the luckiest bastards alive getting it from a hot teacher. how many males can say that they got it at age 12 from a teacher.
Unfortunately screwing a 15 year old does not net a person any sort of money.
..oh but if it did.
Have fun in jail, cop.