Saturday, January 19th, 2008
The One Hand Doesn’t Know What The Other Is Selling
Sgt. Michael Arenella and Police Officer Jerry Bowens arrested a thug — actually an undercover officer — in November, seizing $250 and 40 bags of crack cocaine in the bust, officials said.
The undercover agent was sent in by the NYPD’s Internal Affairs Bureau with the drugs and money after they suspected the two of skimming from the drugs they seized on other occasions.
Sometime after they busted the undercover agent, Arenella and Bowens allegedly gave one of their informants $40 and two bags of crack in exchange for information, officials said.