S. Phila. addict who conspired with cop gets
10-month sentence
BY JULIE SHAW
A SOUTH PHILLY drug addict who conspired with a
Philly police officer to steal drugs from dealers was sentenced yesterday in
federal court to 10 months behind bars.
Robert Nagy, 26, was awarded for cooperating
with the government, and as part of his sentence was ordered to continue
cooperating with the feds.
The identity of the cop with whom he conspired
was not revealed in court and has not been revealed in public court documents.
He has been identified only by the initials C.S.
Nagy pleaded guilty in April to conspiracy to
commit extortion. He had been charged in February by criminal information, a
process that indicated he was likely to plead guilty.
According to the charging document, Nagy and
the cop entered into a scheme "to extort drugs and or money from drug
sellers."
The document detailed a May 2012 transaction in
which Nagy and the cop stole OxyContin from a drug dealer identified as L.C.
Just before Memorial Day 2012, Nagy arranged to
buy the OxyContin from L.C. around 12th and Fitzgerald streets in South Philly.
As soon as L.C. arrived, the cop pulled up in uniform in a police car and
falsely claimed to have seen a drug transaction even though there had been no
exchange between Nagy and the dealer, according to Nagy's charging document.
The cop then ordered the dealer to retrieve the
bag of OxyContin that the dealer threw to the ground. The cop then pretended to
arrest Nagy, and the two drove away in the cop's car, the document says.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Arlene Fisk yesterday
asked U.S. District Judge Eduardo Robreno to sentence Nagy to eight months in
federal prison, below the original guideline range of 15 to 21 months.
She also told the judge that as part of any
sentence, Nagy's cooperation with the government "would have to be
ongoing, as this is a continuing investigation."
Robreno considered the government's eight-month
suggestion to be "very generous." He noted that Nagy "has lived
on the margins of society for all these years." The judge said this was
"a serious crime" in which Nagy "conspired with a police
officer."
Fisk told the judge this was not a onetime
offense. There were 10 to 20 different extortions in a period of more than a
year, she said.
Nagy and his attorney, assistant federal
defender Kai Scott, expressed to the judge his remorse, his desire for drug
treatment, and his hopes to be a productive member of society.
Patty Hartman, spokeswoman for the U.S.
Attorney's Office, said before the hearing that "no one else has been
charged" in the case besides Nagy. The office doesn't comment on people
who have not been charged.
Nagy was sentenced last month in Common Pleas Court
in an unrelated robbery case.
