A retired police officer and eight others have been arrested on charges of running a drug market at a city-owned Manhattan marina, officials said Friday.
Jerome O'Rourke, 42, who retired from the New York Police Department in the late 1980s, and the others were charged with several counts of criminal sale of a controlled substance and conspiracy, Special Narcotics Prosecutor Bridget Brennan reported.
A six-month long investigation recorded 48 sales of cocaine, heroin, crack, ecstasy and marijuana to undercover narcotics officers at the Dyckman Street Marina or in the vicinity since May of 2006, Brennan said.
The prosecutor said O'Rourke brokered many of the deals, turning the marina into a place where large-scale dealers could meet with drug buyers who were actually undercover officers.
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Poor Jerry had to loose it all ...
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