Post by onthejob on Jan 19, 2014 11:00:06 GMT -5
The Coalition of Suffolk Police Unions issued a press-conference this Friday to address and condemn Newsday’s decision to publish their January 14th “Serial Robber’s Use of Body Shop Cars Eyed” article which included specific investigative details that according to the CSPU, “not only compromised an ongoing investigation, but, more importantly, put Suffolk families and police officers at risk.”
The article revealed confidential and specific details, obtained from “intelligence documents,” critical to the success of this ongoing investigation–details neither the reporter nor Newsday were entitled to and which could have only been obtained through illegal distribution. Details on how Newsday illegally obtained, sensitive information are still unknown.
The day following the release of the January 14th article Suffolk County Police arrested two people in connection with a series of armed robberies that occurred at businesses beginning December 9th. Following a lengthy investigation into a pattern of robberies targeting businesses, detectives determined that Christopher Marino, 29, committed 15 armed robberies during which he stole cash. His girlfriend, Jamie Greco, waited in a vehicle and drove Marino away from the scene. Marino, 29, and Greco, 23, both of Medford, were charged with 13 counts of Robbery 1st Degree and two counts of Attempted Robbery 1st Degree.
The Coalition stated in a press release on Friday, “By disclosing facts about Suffolk County Police operational tactics and strategies that were specific to this investigation, and could have alerted the suspect that he had been identified and lived ‘in Medford,’ Newsday could have compromised the success of the investigation, aided the suspect in avoiding apprehension and carelessly put at risk both the safety of the police investigators and the Suffolk families we work so hard to protect.”
The article revealed confidential and specific details, obtained from “intelligence documents,” critical to the success of this ongoing investigation–details neither the reporter nor Newsday were entitled to and which could have only been obtained through illegal distribution. Details on how Newsday illegally obtained, sensitive information are still unknown.
The day following the release of the January 14th article Suffolk County Police arrested two people in connection with a series of armed robberies that occurred at businesses beginning December 9th. Following a lengthy investigation into a pattern of robberies targeting businesses, detectives determined that Christopher Marino, 29, committed 15 armed robberies during which he stole cash. His girlfriend, Jamie Greco, waited in a vehicle and drove Marino away from the scene. Marino, 29, and Greco, 23, both of Medford, were charged with 13 counts of Robbery 1st Degree and two counts of Attempted Robbery 1st Degree.
The Coalition stated in a press release on Friday, “By disclosing facts about Suffolk County Police operational tactics and strategies that were specific to this investigation, and could have alerted the suspect that he had been identified and lived ‘in Medford,’ Newsday could have compromised the success of the investigation, aided the suspect in avoiding apprehension and carelessly put at risk both the safety of the police investigators and the Suffolk families we work so hard to protect.”
