3 arrests in mail-carrier beating; cop’s bogus ticket admission: Staten Island’s top crime stories of the week
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OFFICER WHO WROTE BOGUS TICKETS PLEADS GUILTY
The police officer wrote the tickets in 2018 while assigned to the 120th Precinct in St. George, said prosecutors.
A Staten Island cop who, authorities said, wrote fake summonses to his girlfriend’s ex-beau, has issued his last ticket.
Eric Matos has also lost his job in the process.
Matos pleaded guilty on Thursday to felony charges of first-degree perjury and first-degree tampering with public records to resolve his case.
Matos was assigned to the 120th Precinct when the incidents occurred in 2018.
Denied $20, he loses it. Attacks woman, whacks her with cane, say cops
Updated 12:54 PM;
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The incident occurred in the confines of the 121st Precinct. Here, the precinct stationhouse is shown in a file photo. (Staten Island Advance/Shane DiMaio)Staff-Shot
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Instead, Driton Kadriu, 35, allegedly got aggressive.
The Park Avenue resident punched the 46-year-old victim in the head on Port Richmond Avenue, said a criminal complaint.
He then snatched her purse and banged her in the leg with a cane while he tried to flee, the complaint said.
Kadriu didn’t get far, said police. He was quickly busted, and the purse was returned, police said.