Police Officer Merlin Alston
was arrested on conspiracy and official misconduct charges at his posting at
the 46th Precinct in Fordham Thursday night — two days shy of his 32nd
birthday, officials said.
BY DAREH GREGORIAN , THOMAS
Tracey
A Bronx cop was a drug
trafficker’s go-to guy, authorities said Friday.
Police Officer Merlin Alston
was arrested on conspiracy and official misconduct charges at his posting at
the 46th Precinct in Fordham Thursday night — two days shy of his 32nd
birthday, officials said.
He’s been accused of serving as
a bodyguard, courier and a driver for a trafficker since 2010, according to the
city’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor’s office. He also gave his boss a heads-up
when the NYPD was getting too close, prosecutors said.
His misdeeds were caught on
wiretaps, including a March 20 incident when he agreed to pick up a shotgun for
the trafficker, which he called “The ... that noise,” prosecutors said.