| New York – On March 23, 2009,Wholesale Jerseys Online, NYPD Internal Affairs Sgt. Ramon Valdez filed an Investigating Officer’s Report citing Officer Jose Ramos of suspected unauthorized use of a parking permit and something far less mundane – associating with a suspected drug dealer in the Bronx.The Guyana-born suspected dealer, Lee King – better known by his street name, Marco Mack – had a second job managing a Mott Haven barbershop owned by Ramos.According to the report, Mack drove Ramos’s 2007 Nissan Murano, used his NYPD parking placard and kept a .380 handgun in a shop safe that may have also held drugs.Officer Jose Ramos is a key player in the birth of the massive ticket-fixing scandal.The investigation into Ramos’s ties with Mack abruptly took a dramatic turn on August 18, 2009,Wholesale Jerseys, when Ramos got a call from a friend, Steven Barbu, who wanted help getting a ticket fixed.Intrigued, Internal Affairs Bureau investigators kept listening. There was another call that month, then eight more in October – all to discuss what ultimately was a failed, almost comical attempt to fix the same ticket.It was the start of what would become an explosive probe into ticket-fixing at the NYPD.On October 3, 2009 Ramos took a call from a man – his identity unclear,Adrian Wilson Cardinals Jersey, according to the documents – who apparently had been given a Criminal Court summons after getting involved in a fight in which he flashed gang signs.Ramos fixed the ticket,Arizona Diamondbacks Fernando Rodney Jersey, according to the documents,Kyle Korver Hawks Jersey, and for the first time, it appears, Ramos benefited from the favour – free admission to a party and work for his son.“The unknown male told Jose [Ramos] that he wanted to see him so he could take care of him,NBA Authentic Jerseys,” the documents read. “Jose said, ‘No problem.’”“Jose said money was tight because they were going to [the Dominican Republic] less than a week after the party. The unknown male told Jose to invite a few people. He has the tablecloths, the trays for the food, ice. Jose said the food and decorations are the most expensive. Unknown male said his price would be like $7 a person.“They also spoke about Jose’s son working for the unknown male. The unknown male said that he needs him every Saturday at 9o’clock, $15 an hour (5 hours).”‘He didn’t do nothing for me’That man, reached by the Daily News, wouldn’t identify himself but said that he did hire Ramos’s son.Pressed for details, he reversed course. “He didn’t do nothing for me,” the man claimed.In other phone conversations that month about fixing tickets, Ramos didn’t appear to ask for anything in return.In one case, he worked to help “Angie,” apparently a domestic violence victim who was living in a shelter. She was trying to get Ramos to fix a ticket for a friend of hers.In another, he promised to help out a barbershop worker who got a parking ticket.Ramos, who joined the NYPD in 1993 and is now 42, has been on modified duty since virtually the beginning of the internal investigation.He is assigned to the Housing Bureau and is likely to be indicted on several felonies, sources said.He has refused to discuss the investigation, other than to say he did nothing wrong.Mack has a felony burglary conviction on his record. In another case, he was arrested for drug possession and eventually pleaded to unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle. He could not be reached for comment.Barbu feigned ignorance, claiming he doesn’t know Ramos and hanging up the phone. (New York Daily News) |
