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Undercover cop used flattery to get close to NYPD officer suspected of running drugs – Nysia Stroud, supremely confident in her ability to freely transport coke in the city, told undercover cop she could avoid being busted simply by flashing her badge

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><div class&equals;"card-content align-left">&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;">Undercover cop says she used flattery to get close to police officer&comma; Nysia Stroud&comma; accused of running drugs in New York<&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"spaced spaced-xl spaced-top spaced-bottom"><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;">Stroud&comma; 30&comma; thought her badge protected her in drug scheme&comma; prosecutors say <&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"spaced spaced-xl spaced-top spaced-bottom"><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;">An undercover drug cop posing as a hairdresser recruited Stroud as a strong arm and transport for drug runs<&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"spaced spaced-xl spaced-top spaced-bottom"><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;">She allegedly was paid &dollar;250 &&num;8211&semi; &dollar;1000&comma; each time on drug deliveries between April and June 2017 <&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"spaced spaced-xl spaced-top spaced-bottom"><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;">The suspect allegedly told the undercover cop that she was &&num;8220&semi;willing to use her status to keep them out of trouble&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"card collection-item card-border-bottom card-border-bottom-thick card-border-bottom-dark" data-type&equals;"text"><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;">Stroud is charged with selling drugs and official misconduct <&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;">Faces 8 years in jail if convicte<strong>d<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<header id&equals;"top" class&equals;"top full-columns">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"pb-container"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;header>&NewLine;<section id&equals;"left" class&equals;"left guttered width-100">&NewLine;<div id&equals;"f0OOtO1tWPBERq" class&equals;"wrapper clearfix full pb-feature pb-layout-item pb-f-utilities-lead-art" data-pb-name&equals;"Lead Art" data-pb-curated&equals;"curated"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;section>&NewLine;<div class&equals;""><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"collection collection-cards">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"card collection-item" data-type&equals;"text">&NewLine;<div class&equals;" card-content ">&NewLine;<h6 data-page&equals;"1"><strong><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-292866" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;05&sol;Nysia-Stroud-4&period;png" alt&equals;"Nysia Stroud 4&period;png" width&equals;"680" height&equals;"395" &sol;>The 30-year-old NYPD officer&comma; Nysia Stroud&comma; is on trial for selling drugs and official misconduct&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p>An NYPD officer on trial for running drugs thought her badge gave her a free pass and cover to protect her illicit dealings&comma; prosecutors said Thursday&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;New York City  cop&comma; Nysia Stroud&comma; who is  on trial on drug running charges was done in by her own vanity&comma; the undercover cop who helped put her away testified Thursday&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The disgraced officer was indicted in June for trafficking large amounts of marijuana and cocaine for an undercover cop&comma; prosecutors said&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The defendant allegedly&comma; made more than &dollar;2&comma;000 transporting the drugs on four occasions between April and June 2017&comma; according to the Manhattan DA’s office&period; Prosecutors said she started delivering the drugs&comma; including more than one kilogram of cocaine&comma; after meeting the undercover officer posing as a drug courier in March of 2017&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h6><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-292867" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;05&sol;Nysia-Stroud-5&period;png" alt&equals;"Nysia Stroud 5&period;png" width&equals;"669" height&equals;"350" &sol;><strong>Heads down&colon; Nysia Stroud would not look up during her r arraignment in State Supreme Court in June 2017 <&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"card collection-item" data-type&equals;"text">&NewLine;<div class&equals;" card-content ">&NewLine;<p>Explaining how a fellow officer was ensnared in an undercover sting operation&comma; the officer working the covert beat&comma; identified only as UC 5063 in court documents&comma; testified that  she met 30-year-old Stroud while working at the Adidas store on Spring St&period; in SoHo on March 3&comma; 2017&comma; the covert cop said in Manhattan Supreme Court&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"card collection-item" data-type&equals;"text">&NewLine;<div class&equals;" card-content ">&NewLine;<p>Stroud&comma; from Brooklyn and assigned to the NYPD’s Fleet Services Division&comma; at the time was moonlighting&comma; working an unauthorized security job at the store&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"card collection-item" data-type&equals;"text">&NewLine;<div class&equals;" card-content ">&NewLine;<p>The under cover narco officer wandered inside and &&num;8220&semi;struck up a conversation about her sneakers&comma;&&num;8221&semi; she testified&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8220&semi;I like the sneakers&period; Could I take a picture of the sneakers&quest;&&num;8221&semi; she asked Stroud&comma; buttering her up&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"card collection-item" data-type&equals;"text">&NewLine;<div class&equals;" card-content ">&NewLine;<p>Stroud she said&comma; was happy to pose for a full-length photo&comma; which snagged her in the sting operation&comma; masterminded by her new friend whom she believed was a hairdresser in the Bronx&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"card collection-item" data-type&equals;"text">&NewLine;<div class&equals;" card-content ">&NewLine;<h6><strong><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-292863" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;05&sol;Nysia-Stroud-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Nysia Stroud 1" width&equals;"1400" height&equals;"932" &sol;>Nysia Stroud covers up as she&&num;8217&semi;s taken into custody after her arraignment last June <&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p>That was the beginning of a friendship between the two women&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"card collection-item" data-type&equals;"text">&NewLine;<div class&equals;" card-content ">&NewLine;<p>Within weeks&comma; Stroud was accompanying her new friend&comma;&comma; on drug deliveries between April and June 2017&comma; according to the testimony&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"card collection-item" data-type&equals;"text">&NewLine;<div class&equals;" card-content ">&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;She basically said she could give me a ride anytime&comma;&&num;8221&semi; the undercover cop explained&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"card collection-item" data-type&equals;"text">&NewLine;<div class&equals;" card-content ">&NewLine;<p>The investigator will be back on the witness stand Friday&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"card collection-item card-border-bottom card-border-bottom-thick card-border-bottom-dark" data-type&equals;"text">&NewLine;<div class&equals;" card-content ">&NewLine;<p>Stroud is charged with selling drugs and official misconduct&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Nysia Stroud was allegedly paid between &dollar;250 and &dollar;1&comma;000 for each trip between Washington Heights and W&period; 96th St&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;She made a handful of those runs with an undercover cop posing as a drug mule between April and June 2017&comma; when she was arrested&comma; authorities said&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Stroud allegedly confessed that she herself was a cop&comma; according to prosecutors&comma; and bragged that said she could use her badge to avoid potentially being arrested if they were stopped&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;To conceal the planning of future drug deliveries&comma; Stroud allegedly used a code&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;shopping at Woodbury&period;”<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8220&semi;The defendant thought her status as an NYPD officer gave her immunity and &lbrack;she&rsqb; told the undercover that she was willing to use her status to keep them out of trouble&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Assistant District Attorney Stephanie Minogue said in Manhattan Supreme Court&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Stroud&&num;8217&semi;s attorney Alex Grosshtern argued that the department&&num;8217&semi;s Internal Affairs Bureau followed Stroud for two years without finding dirt on her&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-292865" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;05&sol;Nysia-Stroud-3&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Nysia Stroud 3&period;jpg" width&equals;"1400" height&equals;"1867" &sol;>Nysia Stroud is pictured in an undated photo&period; The NYPD officer faces drug charges&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<section id&equals;"left" class&equals;"left guttered width-100">&NewLine;<div id&equals;"f0OOtO1tWPBERq" class&equals;"wrapper clearfix full pb-feature pb-layout-item pb-f-utilities-lead-art" data-pb-name&equals;"Lead Art" data-pb-curated&equals;"curated"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;section>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"card collection-item" data-type&equals;"text">They were suspicious after she was caught in her uncle&&num;8217&semi;s apartment when it was raided for drugs&comma; although she was never charged in connection&comma; he said&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"collection collection-cards">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"card collection-item" data-type&equals;"text">&NewLine;<div class&equals;" card-content ">&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;Their theory is that Ms&period; Stroud was some kind of a drug dealer and they began watching her&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Grosshtern said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"card collection-item" data-type&equals;"text">&NewLine;<div class&equals;" card-content ">&NewLine;<p>Stroud was placed on modified duty at her job in the NYPD&&num;8217&semi;s Fleet Services Division after the search warrant at her relative&&num;8217&semi;s home turned up drugs&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"card collection-item" data-type&equals;"text">&NewLine;<div class&equals;" card-content ">&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;What you&&num;8217&semi;re going to hear here is not as simple as that what the DA presents to you&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Grosshtern argued&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"card collection-item" data-type&equals;"text">&NewLine;<div class&equals;" card-content ">&NewLine;<p>He suggested the officers set her up after failing to find evidence of drug activity in her life&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"card collection-item" data-type&equals;"text">&NewLine;<div class&equals;" card-content ">&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;They fabricated the crime&period; Created the crime — a pretend crime&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Grosshtern added&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"card collection-item card-border-bottom card-border-bottom-thick card-border-bottom-dark" data-type&equals;"text">&NewLine;<div class&equals;" card-content ">&NewLine;<p>Stroud is  charged with two counts of criminal possession of a controlled substance and four counts of official misconduct&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Stroud has pled not guilty&comma; to the charges&period; She faces a minimum of eight years in prison if convicted of the top charge&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"card collection-item card-border-bottom card-border-bottom-thick card-border-bottom-dark" data-type&equals;"text"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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