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A retired NYPD sergeant with no prior criminal record was arrested yesterday just minutes after robbing a Long Island bank. Thomas Feeney, 47, who retired 12 years ago because of knee injures and a heart condition, allegedly walked into a Huntington Station bank Tuesday morning and passed the teller a note demanding cash and calling attention to the loaded .38-caliber pistol tucked in his waistband. He walked out with an undisclosed sum, but one brave bank employee trailed him to his SUV and phoned in his license plate to police, who pulled him over just a couple miles away. Besides the gun and the cash, cops found a badge noting he was a retired NYPD officer in his pocket (but arrested him anyway!). Sgt. Robert Doyle of the Major Case Investigations Unit tells Newsday, "He said he'd been out so long that he doesn't get much money in disability anymore." Apparently, Feeney's got credit card debt in the five figure range, and Doyle tells the Post the bank job "appears to be economically motivated." But let's not rule out thirst for adventure as a motive, either.
Retired Cop's Bank Robbery Fails to Get Him Out of Debt
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"found a badge noting he was a retired NYPD officer in his pocket (but arrested him anyway!)"
I sure hope so. Robbing a bank is a bit more serious than double parking.
Now consider all the NON-retired police officers with morals that are just as questionable and who are ARMED WITH LETHAL WEAPONS, plus the judges who are willing to give these "Heroes" a slap on the wrist and the benefit of the doubt.
Don't think they exist? Working in Manhattan court, I've seen the corrupt "Justice" Richard M. Weinberg letting people even marginally connected with law enforcement (including a TSA employee) off with a warning for violations that netted others stiff penalties.
Why isn't this guy legally bilking the system out of hundreds of thousands of dollars like other "retired" or "disabled" cops do? Oh right, maybe that's just cops who work for Transit...
Ah yes, just another one of New York's Finest.
How can the NYPD expect the civilian population to abide by the law when their very own have an extensive record of breaking it?
Well, at least this cop didn't sodomize a bank teller with is baton.
"He said he'd been out so long that he doesn't get much money in disability anymore."
ok lets do the math shall we?
he's 47 and has been retired 12 years.
retirement age of 35? out of money?
whaaaa! get a fucking job low-life.
that picture is funny
Poor guy. It must be tough being retired with a real pension and medical benefits that a majority of US citizens can only dream about.
so he got the infamous NYPD retired on disability pension.
JACKPOT!
He deserved it! He got a paper cut when he was filling out his early retirement papers.