3 Boston Officers Go to Boom, Boom in FBI Sting
The FBI arrested 3 cops gone sour. It seems Boston's finest officers Roberto Pulido, 41, Nelson Carrasquillo, 35, and Carlos Pizzaro, 36, were arrested Thursday in Miami. They’d allegedly traveled there in the hopes of receiving a $35,000 payoff for having guarded a June 8 Jamaica Plain drug deal they were told involved 100 kilos of cocaine. The FBI is also investigating Boston officers Roberto Pulido, 41, Nelson Carrasquillo, 35, and Carlos Pizzaro, 36, were arrested Thursday in Miami. They’d allegedly traveled there in the hopes of receiving a $35,000 payoff for having guarded a June 8 Jamaica Plain drug deal they were told involved 100 kilos of cocaine. The FBI is also investigating whether officers mingled with drug dealers and romped with hookers in a “boom-boom room” while paid-off supervisors turned a a blind eye, according to an affidavit unsealed this past week.
According to the AP--The FBI sting lasting 2 years began with a meeting between Pulido and a longtime friend who was an FBI informant.
The three "Boom Boom" cops face charges they conspired to possess and distribute 100 kilos of cocaine. The crime carries sentence of between 10-years and life in prison. But the FBI affidavit, describing illegal doings at parties in Hyde Park possibly known to police bosses, hints at a deeper probe into the department.
Through the informant, the affidavit said, Pulido arranged to guard drug deals at his Washington Street auto repair shop and brought Carrasquillo in to assist. In both cases the FBI used two sets of undercover agents to pose as dealers and buyers.
The promised payoff was $500 per kilo, or $50,000, for protecting a 100-kilo shipment.
Pulido, a motorcycle cop and former Marine, joined the department in 1996. He was assigned to E-13 in Jamaica Plain, where he received three commendations in 2001 and was described as “fearless” by a former supervisor.
Pizzaro, is a 10-year department veteran. He has been on medical leave since earlier this year.
Carrasquillo, also a motorcycle cop, joined the force in 2000. He was praised by then-district commander Al Goslin for bravery and restraint after disarming a suspect during a standoff in 2003.
Photo: An FBI affidavit says Boston police Officer Roberto E. Pulido, shown with his son, Brandon, and daughter, India, led two other cops in providing security for drug deals. Why the photo of the kids has not been blocked out is a mystery.
According to the AP--The FBI sting lasting 2 years began with a meeting between Pulido and a longtime friend who was an FBI informant.
The three "Boom Boom" cops face charges they conspired to possess and distribute 100 kilos of cocaine. The crime carries sentence of between 10-years and life in prison. But the FBI affidavit, describing illegal doings at parties in Hyde Park possibly known to police bosses, hints at a deeper probe into the department.
Through the informant, the affidavit said, Pulido arranged to guard drug deals at his Washington Street auto repair shop and brought Carrasquillo in to assist. In both cases the FBI used two sets of undercover agents to pose as dealers and buyers.
The promised payoff was $500 per kilo, or $50,000, for protecting a 100-kilo shipment.
Pulido, a motorcycle cop and former Marine, joined the department in 1996. He was assigned to E-13 in Jamaica Plain, where he received three commendations in 2001 and was described as “fearless” by a former supervisor.
Pizzaro, is a 10-year department veteran. He has been on medical leave since earlier this year.
Carrasquillo, also a motorcycle cop, joined the force in 2000. He was praised by then-district commander Al Goslin for bravery and restraint after disarming a suspect during a standoff in 2003.
Photo: An FBI affidavit says Boston police Officer Roberto E. Pulido, shown with his son, Brandon, and daughter, India, led two other cops in providing security for drug deals. Why the photo of the kids has not been blocked out is a mystery.
