Rookie NYPD Cop Linked to Bank Heists
Has anyone seen the movie The Departed? If not; go watch it. It’s an awesome movie. To those who have watched it, the following should sound familiar: ‘To his supervisors, rookie police officer Christian Torres was a ”model cadet.” He boasted a solid academic background, passed psychological screening and scored high marks in the academy, authorities said… But on Friday they said he was also something else: A repeat bank robber.’
Torres, already charged in an armed bank heist that netted $113,000 in Pennsylvania, was linked by investigators to two other bank robberies last year in Manhattan, police said. Authorities said he later splurged on a new car and engagement ring.
Torres was serving as a police cadet when he robbed a Manhattan bank of $16,500 with a threatening note on June 8, 2007, Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly told reporters on Friday.
Investigators say that about five months later, Torres struck at the same bank using a fake handgun, this time while enrolled in the police academy. The take: $102,000…
Kelly called it a ‘’shocking story,” citing Torres’ reputation as a ”model cadet.” Since being assigned to transit patrol in January, the Queens resident had made seven arrests, the commissioner said.
Torres, now 21, appeared to be ‘’smart and hardworking, with tremendous potential,” Kelly said.
When life imitates the movies…
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