Metro.usMyMetro Events http://www.metro.us Sun, 19 May 2013 10:16:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Officials bust Papa John’s worker who delivered pizza with ‘coke’ http://www.metro.us/newyork/news/2013/05/16/officials-bust-papa-johns-worker-who-delivered-pizza-with-coke/ http://www.metro.us/newyork/news/2013/05/16/officials-bust-papa-johns-worker-who-delivered-pizza-with-coke/#comments Thu, 16 May 2013 19:48:03 +0000 Alison Bowen http://www.metro.us/newyork/?p=152428 The defendant would hide cocaine in pizza boxes, prosecutors said. (Courtesy of the Special Narcotics Prosecutor's Office) The defendant would hide cocaine in pizza boxes, prosecutors said. (Courtesy of the Special Narcotics Prosecutor's Office)[/caption] A Papa John’s delivery man delivered not pies, but up to $27,500 in cocaine, prosecutors said today. Cops charged Ramon Rodriguez with delivering cocaine – and even sometimes pizza – in a pizza box while working for Papa John’s. [related tag="nyc"] Officials said he sold cocaine at least 19 times to an undercover cop in Brooklyn. They arrested him yesterday while he was selling a kilo of cocaine for $27,500 to an undercover officer, according to the Special Narcotics Prosecutor's office. Dressed in his uniform, he would meet the undercover officer in front of the Sunset Park pizza shop, officials said. They said he would go inside the store, then come back with a bag with cocaine and an insulated pizza box to hide it. He was on the job at least part of the time he was selling drugs, prosecutors said – he wore his uniform and told the cops he was interrupting pizza deliveries to bring them drugs.]]> The defendant would hide cocaine in pizza boxes, prosecutors said. (Courtesy of the Special Narcotics Prosecutor's Office)
The defendant would hide cocaine in pizza boxes, prosecutors said. (Courtesy of the Special Narcotics Prosecutor’s Office)

A Papa John’s delivery man delivered not pies, but up to $27,500 in cocaine, prosecutors said today.

Cops charged Ramon Rodriguez with delivering cocaine – and even sometimes pizza – in a pizza box while working for Papa John’s.

Officials said he sold cocaine at least 19 times to an undercover cop in Brooklyn.

They arrested him yesterday while he was selling a kilo of cocaine for $27,500 to an undercover officer, according to the Special Narcotics Prosecutor’s office.

Dressed in his uniform, he would meet the undercover officer in front of the Sunset Park pizza shop, officials said.

They said he would go inside the store, then come back with a bag with cocaine and an insulated pizza box to hide it.

He was on the job at least part of the time he was selling drugs, prosecutors said – he wore his uniform and told the cops he was interrupting pizza deliveries to bring them drugs.

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Two female cop impersonators wanted for robbery http://www.metro.us/newyork/news/2013/03/01/two-female-cop-impersonators-wanted-for-robbery/ http://www.metro.us/newyork/news/2013/03/01/two-female-cop-impersonators-wanted-for-robbery/#comments Fri, 01 Mar 2013 20:21:36 +0000 Laura Shin http://www.metro.us/newyork/?p=117424 Police are searching for two women who impersonated cops and robbed a man in Sunset Park. (NYPD)[/caption] Police are searching for two women who robbed a 29-year-old man in Sunset Park, Brooklyn after telling him they were cops. The suspects approached the victim near 53rd Street and Fourth Avenue a little after 1 a.m. on Jan. 8. They first demanded his property and offered him sex. After the victim declined and walked away, the women followed him and told him they were police officers. One of the suspects then pushed him to the ground, held her foot on his neck and removed money from his wallet. [related tag="crime"] The women fled in a black Jeep Cherokee. They are described as being Hispanic, approximately between 5 feet 5 inches and 5 feet 7 inches tall. Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at (800) 577-TIPS.]]>
Police are searching for two women who impersonated cops and robbed a man in Sunset Park. (NYPD)

Police are searching for two women who robbed a 29-year-old man in Sunset Park, Brooklyn after telling him they were cops.

The suspects approached the victim near 53rd Street and Fourth Avenue a little after 1 a.m. on Jan. 8. They first demanded his property and offered him sex. After the victim declined and walked away, the women followed him and told him they were police officers. One of the suspects then pushed him to the ground, held her foot on his neck and removed money from his wallet.

The women fled in a black Jeep Cherokee. They are described as being Hispanic, approximately between 5 feet 5 inches and 5 feet 7 inches tall.

Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at (800) 577-TIPS.

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