cCrypto torture case: 2 NYPD detectives on leave in connection with SoHo kidnapping in NYC
SOHO, New York City — Two New York Police Department detectives were placed on modified duty after the department learned they had a prior connection to the Manhattan townhouse where an Italian businessman was allegedly held and tortured.
One off-duty detective drove the victim from the airport to the SoHo townhouse on May 6, sources told ABC News.
The 20-year veteran detective has been assigned to the NYPD’s Executive Protection Unit, which handles the mayor’s security, since December 2021.
The detective works as part of the advance team, which checks out locations before the mayor arrives.
He was allegedly working an off-duty security job, employed by one of the two crypto suspects at the time when he drove the victim to the townhome,…
