This week, an NYPD cadet from Queens was arrested and charged with grand larceny as part of a $13 million identity theft ring—and worst of all, he dragged his poor mother into all of it as well. Raymond Gumti, 23, who was set to graduate from the police academy next week, is accused of taking his mom’s TD Bank card and PIN numbers and using them to create a counterfeit credit card. Gumti then allegedly shared that fake card with the identity theft ring; the card was ultimately used to make $13,000 in purchases at stores like Apple, Louis Vuitton and Bloomingdales. more ›

Yesterday, a 22-year-old man was shot while entering an apartment building on St. John Avenue in the Bronx. The victim, Tommy Rodriguez, who is in stable condition at Lincoln Hospital, is described as either a former or suspended NYPD cadet. The NY Times says that Rodriguez's work "involved tasks like answering phones and organizing news clippings...in the public information office from January until sometime in May, when he was dismissed from the program after he was arrested in connection with a domestic dispute." (Rodriguez has pleaded not guilty to charges that he punched and kicked a "female domestic partner and push[ed] her head into a wall.") According to the Daily News, the shooter "approached Rodriguez from behind" and "fled on foot after firing a single shot." Rodriguez reportedly told a 911 operator that the shooter asked if he was "Officer Rodriguez," but the Post reports that cops are investigating to see whether the gunshot wound was self-inflicted. more ›

It's not unusual for police officers to make side money by moonlighting with second jobs. Christian Torres is a rookie cop, however, who took that practice to a whole new level--allegedly robbing banks when off duty. more ›