DEA agents and Internal Affairs investigators swooped in and arrested an NYPD officer on his way to work this morning and charged him with improperly using law enforcement databases to do favors for a notorious heroin dealer. According to wiretap evidence collected by the feds, Officer Devon Daniels, 30, was at the beck and call of heroin dealer Guy Curtis, allegedly scoring him an NYPD parking placard and using a national law enforcement database to run searches for Curtis.
"Yo do them plates real quick," Curtis allegedly told Daniels in one text message, to which Daniels allegedly replied, "What u need I got it." According to the criminal complaint (below), Curtis texted back, "LMAO," presumably savoring the funny life twist of a cop taking orders from a notorious drug dealer who belonged to the violent POV CITY gang. (In January Curtis pleaded guilty to running a drug ring in Jamaica, Queens.) Prosecutors say Daniels promptly got back to Curtis with information on individuals with license plates he wanted searched, and told Curtis that he was eager to help in any way.
This help allegedly took the form of a coveted NYPD parking placard, which let Curtis park wherever he wanted, as well as granting him the false imprimatur of a legit city employee. In addition, Officer Daniels allegedly told Curtis how to get gunshot residue off his hands, and one occasion even went to a crime scene at Curtis's behest and found out information about one of Curtis's associates who was being arrested. The criminal complaint also says Daniels repeatedly used databases to let Curtis know if any of his cohorts were wanted by police.
DEA agents discovered the mysterious relationship between the two men while investigating a Wichita drug dealer. They subsequently tapped Curtis's phone, and at one point discovered that the dealer wired $3,500 into Officer Daniels’s bank account as payment for heroin. Daniels, always eager to be a team player, allegedly delivered the money to Curtis. It's unclear from the complaint what Officer Daniels got in exchange.
