71st Precinct Police Officer Arrested for Shoplifting

NY Daily News

A cop assigned to the 71st precinct in Crown Heights was apprehended last night by a store security guard for shoplifting, and was arrested.

An off-duty cop was busted for trying to steal headphones from a Brooklyn electronics store, police sources said Friday.

Officer Richard Quinn was nabbed about 9 p.m. Thursday by a security guard at the Best Buy on Bay Parkway, in Bensonhurst.

Quinn was charged with petit larceny and suspended.

He’s assigned to the 71st Precinct in Crown Heights.

29 Comments

  • safety at risk

    wow-these are our protectors
    good luck feeling safe
    we now see that we can rely only on hashem!!!
    henay lo yanum vlo yishan shomer yisrael
    hashem should save us from these hooligans!!!

  • honest joe

    If it wasn’t so sad it’d be funny. Crooked, dirty cops? Nah, never. And certainly not in the 71!

  • HAHAHAHA

    sooooooo funny!!!! cant believe it!! he probabably called the police station and said”hello im stealing in the electronics store come and arrest me!!!! JK

  • No surprise

    There are so many stories about the shameful way some of them treat those they are paid to protect that this comes as no surprise. Why can’t we have more of the good ones & less of the low quality?

  • If it had happened in CH..

    Judging from past experiences, if this had happened in Crown Heights they would probably have threatened the store owner not to press charges.

  • crown heights friends

    we got more ganavim in the kehila!!!!!!!!!! much more what we all think unfortunately and very pro. but i like the guds of the 1st one comment as mentionned Chanina good job!!! as well this frenchi shliach in the city, just plz BE AWARE NOT TO BE A VICTIM FROM GANAVIM

  • concerned citizen

    Can crownheights.info do me a personal favor and find a picture of this thieving lunatic and post it on this wonderful web side.

  • loves reading this article

    we useto be worried about crooks and robbers but we had the police to do at least SOMETHING!! but now we also have to be scared of the police!!!!!!!

  • NOT SURPRISED...

    YAY!!!!!!!!!!! ONE LESS COP TO TICKET EVERYONE!!!!!!!!!! ON A MORE SERIOUS NOTE, THIS ISN’T EXACTLY A GOOD SIGN ABOUT OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.

  • Eugene Getlin

    You people make me sick. So this guy was bad. Glad he got caught, but what about the rexst who are buy and large honest and excellent. Those of you complaining about tickets probably deserved them. I was privileged to serve in the 71 from 1972 – 1984 when an injury cut my career short. I hasve a photograph of me with the Rebbe from 1981. I value my time in Crown Heights and was honored to mhave worked closely with Leibel Groner, one of the best men that I have known. All that I am saying is that not all cops arebad just like all of us Jews are not bad because of one who is.