Last winter, when a New York Police Officer in the narcotics division
drove an armed, three-man crew of felons and gunrunners through upper
Manhattan to find drug dealers to rob, his life was turned inside out
and the public learned that the officer led a double life.
A Manhattan Supreme court judge heard the intial charges yesterday,
October 10th. Donald Medard, 30, of the 104th Precinct in
Maspeth, Queens, is on trial for felony weapons charges as the “alleged
kingpin in a robbery gang that targeted the very people he should
have been arresting”, prosecutors said.
Medard was tagged with the nickname of “the hip-hop” cop when it was
discovered that he was a frequent follower of rap artists and their
entourage, sometimes offering his protection on the side. Much
like, the other hip hop cop who penned, The Notorious C.O.P, Derrick Parker.
In December, when Medard faced
his original gun charge, the NYPD detectives were asking local drug
dealers to call a special hotline 1(800) 577-tips, to report any
activity that might be neccessary for the investigation.
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When the vehicle Medard was in was pulled over, they found guns, one with a defaced serial number, four ski masks and one bulletproof vest.
Medard quickly defended himself and said, “Hey, I’m on the job,” and showed his
department-issued Glock 9 mm pistol. By then, however, the 34th
Precinct officers decided to arrest all four men.
At that time, Medard, 20-year-old Claude Dorsica, of Long Island, and
22-year-old Michael Jacob, and 26-year-old Weldon Robinson, of Queens
Village, were taken in for questioning.
In a strange part of the story, his wife had been frantically trying to
reach him when he was arrested. She even went as far to tell a
newspapre that he’d been under the infleunce of “hip-hop”.
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“I’ve been trying to call him since last night,” Kimberly Medard told the New York Post as she began crying.
“It’s him, he’s been hanging out with these rappers. I don’t know who these people are.”
