Posted on 12/23/2017 6:34:15 AM PST by JP1201
TROY -- The veteran leader of the Troy Police Department's drug unit was indicted by a special Rensselaer County grand jury Thursday on nine misdemeanor charges tied to the alleged forgery of an incident report to cover up the unit's warrantless search of a home.
Sgt. Ron Epstein pleaded not guilty to the charges, which include official misconduct, falsification of records, offering a false instrument for filing and other offenses that carry a maximum penalty of a year in jail. Epstein joined the department in 1998 and was promoted to sergeant in 2007.
The grand jury investigating the drug unit handed up a sealed indictment to State Supreme Court Justice Richard McNally that was later opened shortly afterward when Epstein appeared in court. Epstein was released on his own recognizance and the case transferred to County Court Judge Debra Young. The grand jury's term was extended several weeks ago in order to complete its investigation.
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Give him a fair trial with all his Constitutional rights scrupulously observed. When he’s convicted put him away for life.
Then sue him civilly and leave him and his family bankrupt, broken, and starving in the streets.
That’s the only thing that will stop this.
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“Epstein was released on his own recognizance”
Any non-leo person arrested for similar actions would still be in jail..
There is a Troy MT down the road. I wonder where this one is at.
I hate dirty cops.
Troy, NY just north of Albany
Thanks, I must have missed that in the headlines somewhere.
Lot of words but not much specificity in that article.
You didn’t miss anything. I plugged in the name with NY after it in MapQuest and it showed the location. The paper was from Syracuse, which is a bit to the west, so a deduced the location had to be in NY.
“I hate dirty cops.”
I hate the fact that dirty cops most often get away with their criminal deeds.
Me too. In this case, it looks like they didn’t though. The system worked. There were good cops somewhere along the line.
Any non-leo person arrested for similar actions would still be in jail..
He’ll skate.
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