THE BRONX, N.Y. (PIX11) — An NYPD officer is accused of stealing around $50,000 in cash and jewelry from a Bronx home and trying to cover it up, prosecutors said Wednesday.
Officer Luis Triunfel, 33, of the 28th Precinct in Manhattan, allegedly took a shopping cart containing a safe from the first-floor apartment on Boynton Avenue at around 12:15 a.m. on Aug. 31, according to the criminal complaint.
The safe had approximately $9,500 in cash, $38,500 in gold jewelry, a passport, a green card, and a Social Security card, authorities said.
After the heist, Triunfel allegedly went back to the apartment and erased the surveillance video capturing the incident, according to court records.
The cop is also accused of using an NYPD database to look up information on the victim and the complaint report in the case, prosecutors said.
Triunfel was arrested Monday and charged with burglary, grand larceny, tampering with the evidence and computer trespass, authorities said.
The cop pleaded not guilty and was released without bail at his arraignment, according to court records. His attorney could not be reached.
Triunfel has been suspended without pay, police said.
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