A New York Police Officer Is Charged With Lying

A New York police officer was brought before the State Supreme Court on perjury charges after prosecutors said he lied about how the police found a gun in an apartment. Officer Joseph Moloney is accused of providing false stories under oath. On May 6, 2016 officer Moloney and another officer made an arrest at an apartment. When Moloney and the other officer left to process the arrest, their sergeant told the officers to come back because he found a gun and baggies of marijuana in the apartment. The sergeant then told officer Moloney to get a search warrant but when he got to the district attorneys office Moloney claimed he had found the gun in the apartment when it was the sergeant that actually found the gun. He also said the arrested man had tried to hide the gun. Prosecutors charged him with perjury in first degree and misconduct. Moloney pleaded not guilty to the charges brought against him. Moloney said it was an error based on a lack of experience. Within the New York Police Department false testimony by the police remains as a problem. 

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Police Officer Is Charged With Lying About Finding a Gun