New York: A former New York City police officer has been arrested on charges of alleged drug dealing.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York said in a statement that the police officer was charged with drug distribution.
Grace Rosa Baez, 37, of the Bronx, who had been employed by the New York Police Department since 2012, was investigated by the NYPD after allegations of misconduct in 2020, prosecutors said.
This month, before he resigned, he was assigned to modified duty, prosecutors said. Federal prosecutors said Baez had been selling drugs with the help of Acer Martinez, 43, who shared his apartment.
U.S. Attorney Damian Williams said in a statement that Grace Rosa Baez took an oath to protect and serve the people of New York City, but that Baez blatantly violated that oath by selling fentanyl and heroin.
