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Related: About this forumMan Arrested on Charges of Improperly Obtaining Handgun Licenses
Man Arrested on Charges of Improperly Obtaining Handgun Licenses
A member of a volunteer security force in Borough Park, Brooklyn, was charged on Monday with offering bribes to New York Police Department officials to obtain handgun permits the first arrest directly linked to the widening federal investigation into police corruption and Mayor Bill de Blasios fund-raising efforts.
The man, Alex Lichtenstein, 44, was arrested on Sunday at his home in Pomona, N.Y., by agents with the Federal Bureau of Investigation and detectives from the Police Departments Internal Affairs Bureau, officials said. A criminal complaint unsealed on Monday in United States District Court in Manhattan charged him with bribery and conspiracy to commit bribery.
Deputy Inspector Michael T. Endall, who heads the Police Departments License Division, was one of three men transferred from that division on Monday, a statement from the department said. Inspector Endall was reassigned to an administrative position pending further review; Sgt. David Villanueva and Officer Richard Ochetal were placed on modified assignment, and have also been transferred.
Mr. Lichtenstein tried to bribe an officer to help him obtain pistol licenses, offering him $6,000 per license and telling him he had already obtained an estimated 150 permits over the last year through his connections at the License Division, a claim the officer secretly recorded, the complaint said.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/19/nyregion/brooklyn-man-accused-of-improperly-obtaining-handgun-licenses.html?_r=0
A member of a volunteer security force in Borough Park, Brooklyn, was charged on Monday with offering bribes to New York Police Department officials to obtain handgun permits the first arrest directly linked to the widening federal investigation into police corruption and Mayor Bill de Blasios fund-raising efforts.
The man, Alex Lichtenstein, 44, was arrested on Sunday at his home in Pomona, N.Y., by agents with the Federal Bureau of Investigation and detectives from the Police Departments Internal Affairs Bureau, officials said. A criminal complaint unsealed on Monday in United States District Court in Manhattan charged him with bribery and conspiracy to commit bribery.
Deputy Inspector Michael T. Endall, who heads the Police Departments License Division, was one of three men transferred from that division on Monday, a statement from the department said. Inspector Endall was reassigned to an administrative position pending further review; Sgt. David Villanueva and Officer Richard Ochetal were placed on modified assignment, and have also been transferred.
Mr. Lichtenstein tried to bribe an officer to help him obtain pistol licenses, offering him $6,000 per license and telling him he had already obtained an estimated 150 permits over the last year through his connections at the License Division, a claim the officer secretly recorded, the complaint said.
Is anyone surprised that NYC's draconian regulations can be circumvented for a few grand?
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Man Arrested on Charges of Improperly Obtaining Handgun Licenses (Original Post)
sarisataka
Apr 2016
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A government that can be bribed to circumvent laws is also a government that can be used
Nuclear Unicorn
Apr 2016
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JonathanRackham
(1,604 posts)1. NYC permits are already expensive to get.
Interesting how it's linked to deBlasio.
Nuclear Unicorn
(19,497 posts)2. A government that can be bribed to circumvent laws is also a government that can be used
to suppress rights.
The people are the first, last and best guarantors of their rights and that is why the RKBA must be defended.
jonno99
(2,620 posts)5. Very well stated. nt
gejohnston
(17,502 posts)3. not at all
Eleanors38
(18,318 posts)4. Your RKBA is protected if you are the highest bidder.
CompanyFirstSergeant
(1,558 posts)6. New York...
It's a wonderful (pay to play) town.