A 34-year-old New York City police officer has been indicted on charges
that he contacted a woman with a pending application to the New York Police
Department and offered to expedite the hiring process in return for sex.
District Attorney Thompson said, “This defendant shamefully violated his duty
to uphold the law by demanding sex from a woman who simply wanted to become a
police officer. He will now be prosecuted for his outrageous conduct.” The
defendant, Delfin Lantigua, 34, of 170 E. 4th Street in the Kensington area,
was arraigned this morning on charges of third-degree bribe receiving,
second-degree coercion and official misconduct before Brooklyn Supreme Court
Justice Danny Chun in Brooklyn Supreme Court. Lantigua faces up to seven years
in prison According to the investigation, Lantigua, an NYPD officer since 2005
who is assigned to the Brooklyn North Task Force, contacted the applicant via
Facebook on February 9, 2014, and told her he could get her hired. District
Attorney Thompson said the woman contacted the Police Department and consented
to wear a wire when she met Lantigua at a Dunkin Donuts in Brooklyn on March
11, 2014. In that meeting, according to the investigation, Lantigua allegedly
demanded multiple instances of sex from the woman, as well as $1,000 and other
conditions. The woman agreed to meet Lantigua at a Brooklyn motel on March 13,
2014, and when he arrived, Internal Affairs Bureau officers arrested him. -
