Federal prosecutors on Wednesday said a former New York Police Department officer helped her gangster boyfriend evade capture after he was named a suspect in a murder investigation.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York also said Gina Mestre, 33, tipped off her boyfriend about a federal grand jury investigation into his Bronx-based gang. She also revealed the identity of a witness, whom the thugs assaulted in retaliation.
“Gina Mestre shamelessly exploited her position of public trust to assist gang members in her own NYPD precinct that were terrorizing the Bronx by committing robberies, murders, drug trafficking and other acts of violence,” U.S. Attorney Damian Williams said in a press release. “The defendant’s alleged conduct violates the oath she swore to protect the public — as well as her fellow NYPD officers — from the type of criminal activity she helped the gang commit.
Prosecutors said Ms. Mestre began a romantic relationship with Shooting Boys gang leader Andrew “Caballo” Done soon after the two first communicated through “secret social media accounts and phone numbers” in June 2020.
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