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Posted on 01/29/2016 4:50:01 PM PST by CaptainK
The mall cops would have done better investigating this caper. A 48-year-old Long Island woman who was arrested for stealing a diamond sapphire ring from a jewelry store is suing the Nassau County detectives now that she has been exonerated by surveillance tape showing the real thief.
Angela Bianco was shopping elsewhere in Roosevelt Field Mall on Oct. 27, 2014 when the grand larceny went down inside Helzberg Diamonds, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday in federal court.
An unidentified man and a woman, clearly in their 20s, stole the ring valued at $2,499 when a clerk's back was turned, the suit states. The crooks left behind a stolen driver's license and credit card, neither of which had any link to Bianco.
Three weeks later, Lt. Vincent Boden and Detective Gennaro DeStefano showed up at Bianco's home in Syosset where she lives with her parents. It is unclear what led the investigators to Bianco — and they wouldn't tell her what she was under arrest for, the suit alleges.
"You know exactly what you did…you and your boyfriend," DeStefano reportedly told her.
Bianco does not have a boyfriend, and had a mountain of evidence showing she was innocent, including receipts from Aerosoles and New York & Company, where she had been shopping at the time of the heist.
She proclaimed her innocence so strenuously, the cops took her to a psych ward for evaluation while booking her for grand larceny.
The charges were dropped last February after a Nassau County prosecutor admitted in court that Bianco was not the woman crook in the video.
"What makes this case so disturbing is that prior to her arrest, an elementary school child would have easily concluded that Angela Bianco was clearly innocent," said her lawyer Anthony Grandinette. "Had police just taken a moment to listen rather than ridicule, these events would have never transpired."
The Nassau County attorney's office did not return a call for comment.
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The article includes video stills from the jewelry store which clearly shows it is not her, and an additional still which puts her in another store at the time of the robbery.
The night of the arrest the police had her examined at the local hospital psych ward because she protested her innocence.
It’s called hitting the lottery at the expense of the taxpayers due to police stupidity.
Nassau? Good luck calling for help when you need it.
That bad huh?
Cops and prosecutors are worse than the criminals.
I assume there wasn’t a dog in the house.
I imagine there are some who would take umbrance with me but I would never live in Nassau.
I’m not saying the cops are bad, I’m saying when you sue the cops they might not be in such a rush to come out there though.
That may make very good sense. If response time is lacking, that could be a vital bit of information where the safety of your family is concerned.
“What makes this case so disturbing is that prior to her arrest, an elementary school child would have easily concluded that Angela Bianco was clearly innocent,” said her lawyer Anthony Grandinette. “Had police just taken a moment to listen rather than ridicule, these events would have never transpired.”
When the lawyer is able to make statements like that, you’d better settle quick.
That’s true.
Cops are lazy and dishonest.
I hope she CLEANS THEM OUT.
That is so disgusting. Those pukes should lose their jobs and be liable for 100% of any judgment....I don’t care if they’re in their 20’s - make them pay for the rest of their lives. Some lessons must be hard learned!! With that kind of intelligence, how did they ever get their law enforcement jobs in the first place?
Sue for the big bucks and move to a different state ....provided you value your life!
Given what was done to her, I’d be suing too. With a top notch lawyer.
Perhaps instead, they ought not to be in such a hurry to do world-class sh1t detective work.
When the lawyer is able to make statements like that, and not be lying,....they’re in heap big trouble.
http://www.newsday.com/long-island/investment-banker-sues-nassau-police-for-false-arrest-lawsuit-claims-1.11408060?pts=226929
Nassau County, the county police department, Nassau police Det. Gennaro DeStefano, Nassau police Lt. Vincent Boden and 10 unidentified police department employees are named in the suit.
According to the suit, Det. DeStefano and Lt. Boden, along with other officers at the Third Precinct, mistreated Bianco and violated laws pertaining to holding facilities and prisoner safety proscribed by the Nassau County Police Department and the New York State Department of Corrections.
For example, they mocked Bianco, raising their voices and screaming out, I didnt do it, I didnt do it, Im innocent according to the suit. Bianco, who had surgery in her armpit as part of treatment for breast cancer, told officers the position in which they’d handcuffed her caused her immense pain, the suit states.
But police ignored her complaints, the suit alleges. They also questioned her after she had unequivocally invoked her right to counsel, according to court papers. That same day she was arrested, Bianco was involuntarily taken to Nassau University Medical Center for a psychiatric evaluation, according to the lawsuit.
At the hospital, Bianco explained to the medical personnel that she was not crazy, but rather the police were arresting her for something she did not do and that they refused to listen to her, the lawsuit alleges.
Biancos suit seeks a jury trial and unspecified damages, claiming the false allegations damaged her career as a mergers and acquisitions investment banker.
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