An NYPD officer faces up to seven years in prison on a felony perjury rap, as well as three counts of Official Misconduct, for lying under oath, conducting unlawful searches and seizures in Northern Manhattan, and directing subordinates to falsify paperwork in order to make the arrests appears to be legitimate, the Manhattan DA's office announced yesterday. Michael Carsey, now a 31-year old ex-cop, pleaded guilty to the charges yesterday as part of a plea deal. He's the second officer to be convicted as part of this investigation; Carsey's superior, William Eiseman, 39, is currently serving three months in jail (on weeknds!) for his shenanigans, which forced the DA to repeatedly drop the charges because of shady police work.
In August of 2007, Eiseman and Carsey—who had been assigned to Eiseman's Impact Response Team in the 30th Precinct—were involved in an unlawful stop and detention of a man in Hamilton Heights. Carsey subsequently testified falsely under oath during a search warrant application that the man admitted he had guns and drugs stashed in his apartment. But the DA says they only learned of the drugs when they found pictures on the man’s phone. They got the warrant, and they did find contraband, but a New York County Supreme Court Justice later reviewed the legality of the arrest and the admissibility of the evidence seized. The two cops got caught lying, and criminal case was ultimately dismissed.
Eiseman pleaded guilty to similar misconduct in other instances, but this was the only one Carsey was involved in. "Police officers take an oath to protect and serve, and have a responsibility to uphold the highest standards of their profession," District Attorney Vance said in a statement. “Failure to do so risks damaging the reputation of their peers and violating the public’s trust." Nice job Carsey; now the public's abiding trust in the NYPD is shattered!
