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07-12-2003, 10:03 AM
Deputy N.Y. Police Commissioner Arrested
A deputy police commissioner is being charged in the theft of more than $100,000 from a nonprofit organization that raises money for city jails, a city spokeswoman said Friday.
Deputy Police Commissioner Fredrick J. Patrick was awaiting arraignment Friday after his arrest on a mail fraud charge.
Patrick, one of several deputy commissioners, heads the police department's office of community affairs, which manages police community outreach, neighborhood watch and other programs. He has been suspended without pay, a police department spokeswoman said.
Patrick is accused of stealing from the New York City Correction Foundation, a nonprofit foundation that he heads, according to its most recent tax filing.
The city started investigating foundation finances in February after the New York Daily News reported that correction officials gave the charity $1 million in department funds from tobacco company rebates on cigarettes bought with taxpayer dollars and sold to Rikers Island inmates. The investigation is continuing, officials said.
The money was spent outside rules that govern public expenditures. According to officials, the foundation used funds to produce morale-boosting videos and parties in jails to reduce violence.
A deputy police commissioner is being charged in the theft of more than $100,000 from a nonprofit organization that raises money for city jails, a city spokeswoman said Friday.
Deputy Police Commissioner Fredrick J. Patrick was awaiting arraignment Friday after his arrest on a mail fraud charge.
Patrick, one of several deputy commissioners, heads the police department's office of community affairs, which manages police community outreach, neighborhood watch and other programs. He has been suspended without pay, a police department spokeswoman said.
Patrick is accused of stealing from the New York City Correction Foundation, a nonprofit foundation that he heads, according to its most recent tax filing.
The city started investigating foundation finances in February after the New York Daily News reported that correction officials gave the charity $1 million in department funds from tobacco company rebates on cigarettes bought with taxpayer dollars and sold to Rikers Island inmates. The investigation is continuing, officials said.
The money was spent outside rules that govern public expenditures. According to officials, the foundation used funds to produce morale-boosting videos and parties in jails to reduce violence.