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.
Heroin found under pillow during raid in West Brighton, cops allege
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. A police raid could prove to be a nightmare for a 55-year-old man who allegedly kept heroin under a pillow and sold dangerous drugs to an undercover officer in West Brighton.
Labels such as “Black Magic” also apparently didn’t bring any luck to suspect Michael Spreen when police armed with a search warrant swarmed his Caroline Street home and arrested him on April 15 around 6 a.m., according to the criminal complaint.
The arrest was based on an investigation by Narcotics Borough Staten Island.