United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jay Clayton, announced that SAUL ARISMENDY DE LA CRUZ, a/k/a “Nene,” a/k/a “Venom,” a former member of the New York City Police Department (“NYPD”), was sentenced today before U.S. District Judge Nelson S. Román to 75 months in prison for accepting bribes to provide members of a theft crew in which he participated with confidential police information about potential victims and ongoing investigations. DE LA CRUZ had pleaded guilty to one count of racketeering conspiracy, in connection with his participation in the violent theft crew.
“The NYPD is the greatest police department in the world,” said U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton. “Yet Saul Arismendy De La Cruz betrayed his colleagues and the New Yorkers he was sworn to protect. His selfish crimes cannot tarnish the NYPD but must be met with justice as they were today.”
As alleged in the Indictment and Superseding Indictments unsealed in White Plains federal court:…