The NYPD’s Internal Affairs Bureau and federal investigators raided the home of disgraced former NYPD Chief of Department Jeffrey Maddrey Thursday — as a criminal investigation into accusations he swapped sex for overtime was launched, officials said.
Search warrants were also executed in “other locations” as the NYPD officially suspended Maddrey , NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said in a statement.
Maddrey abruptly resigned and put in his retirement papers on Dec. 20 after bombshell allegations were made by NYPD Lt. Quathisha Epps.
She claimed Maddrey, the highest ranking uniformed member of the department, had sexually harassed her and forced her to perform “unwanted sexual favors” in return for overtime pay.
“At my direction, the Internal Affairs Bureau of the New York City Police Department is working with law enforcement authorities to investigate allegations against former Chief of Department Jeffrey Maddrey,” Tisch wrote. “Maddrey was suspended from the department this morning as law enforcement agents executed search warrants at several locations, including his residence.”