{"id":298108,"date":"2026-07-16T21:35:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T21:35:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/298108\/"},"modified":"2026-07-16T21:35:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T21:35:09","slug":"fbi-raids-home-of-anthony-miranda-former-nyc-sheriff-in-queens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/298108\/","title":{"rendered":"FBI raids home of Anthony Miranda, former NYC sheriff, in Queens"},"content":{"rendered":"

Federal investigators executed a search warrant at the Queens home of\u00a0controversial former New York City Sheriff Anthony Miranda<\/a>, officials confirmed Thursday.<\/p>\n

Video posted online shows FBI agents\u00a0removing boxes and other items from Miranda\u2019s home on 169th St. in Fresh Meadows.<\/p>\n

It was not immediately clear what the search warrant was for or which attorney general\u2019s office is investigating Miranda. So far, Miranda hasn\u2019t been charged with a crime.<\/p>\n

The former city sheriff and longtime ally of former Mayor Eric Adams was in Puerto Rico on Thursday when the search warrant was executed<\/a>, according to Politico.<\/p>\n

City Hall confirmed the federal investigation into Miranda on Thursday.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur administration is aware of the federal investigation into the former sheriff,\u201d Dora Pekec, a spokeswoman for Mayor Mamdani, said in a statement. \u201cThis administration is committed to transparency and accountability.\u2028We will await any findings and conclusions as the legal process runs its course.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mamdani fired Miranda in May<\/a>, replacing him with NYPD whistleblower Edwin Raymond as New York City sheriff.<\/p>\n

Miranda\u2019s tenure as sheriff was marked by controversy, particularly over his office\u2019s treatment of enforcement on illegal cannabis during the Adams administration.<\/p>\n

In 2024, city investigators began probing reports that the Sheriff\u2019s Office\u00a0improperly seized evidence from unlicensed pot shops<\/a>. During their probe, investigators found more than $100,000 in cash inside safes at the Sheriff\u2019s Office in Queens \u2014 a surprising turn given Sheriff Miranda\u2019s statements that his deputies don\u2019t collect money during raids.<\/p>\n

\"NewThen-Sheriff Anthony Miranda is pictured at a smoke shop raid in Manhattan in 2024. (Luiz C. Ribeiro for New York Daily News)<\/p>\n

The safes holding the cash were\u00a0found in large shipping containers<\/a> at the sheriff\u2019s headquarters on Starr Ave. in Long Island City. The safes had been seized in a pot shop raid, a source within the Sheriff\u2019s Office said. The money was found along with a ledger with pages torn out, the source said.<\/p>\n

In July 2025, training for dozens of recruits hoping to be\u00a0New York City deputy sheriffs<\/a>\u00a0was thrown into chaos after the Department of Investigation determined the academy\u2019s instructors responsible for investigation and firearms training weren\u2019t certified by the state.<\/p>\n

After being delayed for more than three weeks, the graduation of more than 80 sheriff cadets was finally allowed \u2014 and ballyhooed as the largest academy class in the agency\u2019s history.<\/p>\n

Tensions between Miranda and the deputy sheriffs union have been running high for years, with the union calling on Miranda to resign for creating a \u201chostile work environment\u201d<\/a>\u00a0that it says has led to an exodus of rank-and-file members.<\/p>\n

In February 2025, two high-ranking members of the city Sheriff\u2019s Office, Wilfredo Perez and Thomas Egan, both hired in September by Miranda, abruptly submitted their resignations.<\/p>\n

Adams appointed Miranda to lead the Sheriff\u2019s Office in May 2022. Also fired in May were First Deputy Sheriff Warren Glover and Isabella Geroux, Miranda\u2019s executive assistant.<\/p>\n

Ingrid Simonovic, president of the NYC Deputy Sheriffs Benevolent Association, repeatedly slammed Miranda\u2019s treatment of her members during his tenure.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe fact that Miranda is apparently under federal investigation should come as no surprise,\u201d Simonovic said. \u201cFor the past four years, we have repeatedly sounded the alarm on the deep-rooted mismanagement, malfeasance and unchecked corruption under former Sheriff Anthony Miranda\u2019s reign. We hope that he is finally held accountable for his actions.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Federal investigators executed a search warrant at the Queens home of\u00a0controversial former New York City Sheriff Anthony Miranda,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":298109,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[90165,113419,81,5970,1445,9,24,63,81702,122,124,123,2719,29359],"class_list":["post-298108","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-anthony-miranda","tag-cannabis-enforcement","tag-eric-adams","tag-fbi","tag-mamdani","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-sheriff","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news","tag-raid","tag-search-warrant"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298108","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=298108"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298108\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/298109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=298108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=298108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=298108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}