NYC policeman convicted in cannibal-plot case

[jsr]

Source: Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City police officer accused of plotting to kidnap, cook and eat women has been convicted of conspiracy.

The jury in what the tabloids dubbed the "Cannibal Cop" case reached the verdict Tuesday in Manhattan federal court.

The FBI arrested 28-year-old Officer Gilberto Valle (VAL'-ee) last year based on a tip by his now-estranged wife.

Prosecutors said Valle plotted with others he met on fetish websites to abduct, torture and eat women he knew, including his wife.

Read more: http://bigstory.ap.org/article/nyc-jury-reaches-verdict-cannibal-plot-case

[Renew Deal]

1. Unauthorized access to the police database is probably what did him in

It made it all a little more "real."

[dixiegrrrrl]

2. Well, that and him scoping out one woman's block.

They said he looked up potential targets on a restricted law enforcement database,
searched the Internet for how to knock someone out with chloroform,
and showed up on the block of one woman after agreeing to kidnap her
for $5,000 for a New Jersey man, now awaiting trial.

Thank god most people do not know anything about erasing their cyber tracks.

[msanthrope]

7. In a prior thread, I wrote that that would be the turning point--if the prosecutor could prove

that step had been taken by the defendant, he'd be cooked.

[Renew Deal]

9. I remember someone making that specific point

And you were right

[msanthrope]

10. The 'harmless fantasy' defense will only take you so far. If this cop is smart, he'll get

his attorney to whip up a cross-jurisdictional deal with the NJ prosecutors.

I'd have thoroughly savored this man as a client.

[AngryAmish]

12. cooked - that's nice

[msanthrope]

14. Don't you mean "well done?" nt

[loudsue]

3. That will warn others from cooking up some similar scheme.

The whole thing just shows really poor taste.

[Renew Deal]

6. lol

[geek tragedy]

4. To Serve and Digest. nt

[Renew Deal]

5. lol

[In_The_Wind]

13. oh my

[msanthrope]

8. When this guy said he wanted to serve the public on his police application,

I'm betting the NYPD didn't quite comprehend what this guy really meant.

[SummerSnow]

11. His goose is cooked