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Yessenia Jimenez, New York cop convicted of running heroin trafficking ring ‘stretching from Mexico to New York’ out of her Bronx apartment is ‘Simply a drug dealer in a cop’s uniform’ – prosecutor

&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><h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;">&&num;8216&semi;Simply a drug dealer in a cop&&num;8217&semi;s uniform&&num;8217&semi;&comma; judge describes NYPD officer convicted of running international heroin trafficking ring out of her home<br &sol;>&NewLine;<&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;">An NYPD officer since 2015&comma; Yessenia Jimenez&comma; 32&comma; ran a drug smuggling operation with boyfriend&comma; Luis Soto&comma; 35 who lived with <&sol;span>Jimenez <span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;">in her Bronx apt<br &sol;>&NewLine;<&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;">Cops found Jimenez and Soto stashed kilos of heroin&comma; fentanyl and cocaine&comma; as well as hundreds of thousands dollars in drug money inside their apt <&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;">&&num;8216&semi;Their expansive operation&&num;8217&semi;&comma; which spanned Mexico&comma; Boston and New York&comma; was discovered in Jan 2018&comma; after NYPD seized over &dollar;70&comma;000 in cash from a suspected drug dealer in Queens<&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;">DEA tracked couple after Soto&&num;8217&semi;s number appeared on a drug dealer&&num;8217&semi;s cell phone&nbsp&semi;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;">She was found guilty on Thursday in a Manhattan federal court on possession and conspiracy to distribute heroin&comma; intent to distribute heroin&comma; and using a firearm in relation to drug trafficking<&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img">&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic"><strong><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-309969" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;03&sol;Yessenia-Jimenez-2-300x293&period;png" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"710" height&equals;"693">Ex NYPD cop Yessenia Jimenez&comma; &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; was found guilty on Thursday of conspiracy to distribute heroin&comma; possession of heroin and using and carrying a firearm in relation to heroin trafficking<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>A New York police officer who ran a heroin-trafficking ring with her boyfriend out of their Bronx apartment has been found guilty by a federal jury sitting in Manhattan&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Yessenia Jimenez described as &&num;8216&semi;a drug dealer in a cop&&num;8217&semi;s uniform&&num;8217&semi; by prosecutors&comma; was unanimously convicted on Thursday after a one week trial&period;<iframe src&equals;"&sol;&sol;rcm-na&period;amazon-adsystem&period;com&sol;e&sol;cm&quest;o&equals;1&amp&semi;p&equals;12&amp&semi;l&equals;ur1&amp&semi;category&equals;amzn&lowbar;firetv&lowbar;decembertpr&amp&semi;banner&equals;1RGY50AZXV9P03PBXYR2&amp&semi;f&equals;ifr&amp&semi;lc&equals;pf4&amp&semi;linkID&equals;d2ce3432e3c9d5af3e2cb332142dd0cd&amp&semi;t&equals;konniemomen0a-20&amp&semi;tracking&lowbar;id&equals;konniemomen0a-20" scrolling&equals;"no" border&equals;"0" marginwidth&equals;"0" style&equals;"border&colon;none&semi;" width&equals;"300" height&equals;"250" frameborder&equals;"0"><&sol;iframe><iframe src&equals;"&sol;&sol;rcm-na&period;amazon-adsystem&period;com&sol;e&sol;cm&quest;o&equals;1&amp&semi;p&equals;12&amp&semi;l&equals;ur1&amp&semi;category&equals;tab&lowbar;lnch&lowbar;fireab3ack&lowbar;242&amp&semi;banner&equals;1RF7GQJCXEB22T3C2X82&amp&semi;f&equals;ifr&amp&semi;lc&equals;pf4&amp&semi;linkID&equals;d0d6ed3062ba5a36a03e7c4b146cd4bd&amp&semi;t&equals;konniemomen0a-20&amp&semi;tracking&lowbar;id&equals;konniemomen0a-20" scrolling&equals;"no" border&equals;"0" marginwidth&equals;"0" style&equals;"border&colon;none&semi;" width&equals;"300" height&equals;"250" frameborder&equals;"0"><&sol;iframe><br &sol;>&NewLine;The jury heard how the 32-year-old member of New York&comma;s finest and her boyfriend Luis Soto&comma; 35&comma; stashed kilos of heroin&comma; fentanyl and cocaine inside their Bronx apartment&comma; as well as hundreds of thousands dollars in drug money&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic"><strong><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-309979" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;03&sol;Yessenia-Jimenez-7-300x300&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"659" height&equals;"659">Narco cop&colon; Jimenez &lbrack;photo&rsqb; and her boyfriend&comma; Luis Soto&comma; were accused of having turned their Bronx apt into a drug stash house&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<&sol;strong><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font">Their &&num;8216&semi;expansive operation&&num;8217&semi;&comma; which spanned Mexico&comma; Boston and New York&comma; began to unravel in January 2018&comma; when authorities seized over &dollar;70&comma;000 in cash from a suspected drug dealer in Queens&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;A search of the suspect&&num;8217&semi;s cell phone revealed the phone number of a person authorities say is a known drug trafficker in Mexico&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<img class&equals;"wp-image-309981 alignleft" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;03&sol;Yessenia-Jimenez-9&period;png" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"304" height&equals;"276">Text messages from the Mexican contact contained Soto&&num;8217&semi;s phone number&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;After federal agents learned of Soto&&num;8217&semi;s identity&comma; they conducted surveillance operations outside of his Bronx apartment&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;During the course of their investigation&comma; they learned Soto was living with Jimenez&comma; who had been working as an officer for the NYPD since 2015&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;In March&comma; DEA and NYPD officers stationed outside the couple&&num;8217&semi;s home found them returning at 2&period;00am from a meeting with a Massachusetts heroin trafficker&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;ronmat96&period;fxexperts&period;hop&period;clickbank&period;net"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;wallstreet-forex&period;com&sol;images&sol;banners&sol;wsfr&lowbar;2&lowbar;evolution&lowbar;768x90&lowbar;1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"WallStreet Forex Robot 2&period;0 Evolution" in&equals;"" an&equals;"" effort&equals;"" to&equals;"" explain&equals;"" the&equals;"" nypd-issue&equals;"" glock&equals;"" 9-mm&equals;"" and&equals;"" &dollar;25&comma;000&equals;"" cash&equals;"" her&equals;"" purse&comma;&equals;"" jimenez&equals;"" told&equals;"" officers&equals;"" she&equals;"" was&equals;"" 'on&equals;"" job'&equals;"" -&equals;"" or&equals;"" conducting&equals;"" official&equals;"" police&equals;"" business&period;&equals;"" couple&equals;"" were&equals;"" carrying&equals;"" a&equals;"" total&equals;"" of&equals;"" &dollar;50&comma;000&equals;"" cash&period;&equals;"" soto&equals;"" detained&comma;&equals;"" following&equals;"" which&equals;"" agents&equals;"" obtained&equals;"" search&equals;"" warrant&equals;"" for&equals;"" apartment&period;&equals;""&NewLine;<div&equals;"" class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group" width&equals;"728">&NewLine;<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img"><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;ronmat96&period;fxexperts&period;hop&period;clickbank&period;net"><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic"><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-309970" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;03&sol;Yessenia-Jimenez-3-300x292&period;png" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"729" height&equals;"710">&&num;8216&semi;Simply put&comma; Jimenez &lbrack;photo&rsqb; was a drug dealer in a cop&&num;8217&semi;s uniform&&num;8217&semi; &&num;8211&semi; Prosecutors<&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p><&sol;a><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;ronmat96&period;fxexperts&period;hop&period;clickbank&period;net"><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic"><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;ronmat96&period;fxexperts&period;hop&period;clickbank&period;net">A&nbsp&semi; months-long investigation into heroin trafficking led them to Jimenez and Soto&comma; who ran an operation that spanned two states<br &sol;>&NewLine;<&sol;a><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;ronmat96&period;gaming777&period;hop&period;clickbank&period;net"><img src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;gamingjobsonline&period;com&sol;affiliates&sol;images&sol;banners&sol;2018&sol;feb&sol;banner728x90&period;jpg" rel&equals;"prettyPhoto"><&sol;a><br &sol;>&NewLine;U&period;S&period; Attorney Geoffrey S&period; Berman said&colon; &&num;8216&semi;As proven at trial&comma; Yessenia Jimenez&comma; an NYPD officer&comma; trafficked heroin&comma; fentanyl&comma; and cocaine in New York City&comma; a city she took an oath to serve and protect&comma; and used her NYPD service firearm to carry out her drug dealing&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8216&semi;Simply put&comma; Jimenez was a drug dealer in a cop&&num;8217&semi;s uniform&period; Thankfully&comma; Jimenez now stands convicted and faces at least 15 years in prison&period;&&num;8217&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Soto and four other members of the operation pleaded guilty&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img">&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic"><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-309974" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;03&sol;Yessenia-Jimenez-4-300x291&period;png" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"1352" height&equals;"1311"><strong>A search of the Jimenez&&num;8217&semi;s cell phone revealed the phone number of a person known as a drug trafficker in Mexico<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic">The DEA first learned of Jimenez and Soto in January 2018&comma; when authorities seized over &dollar;70&comma;000 in cash from a suspected drug dealer in Queens&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<iframe src&equals;"&sol;&sol;rcm-na&period;amazon-adsystem&period;com&sol;e&sol;cm&quest;o&equals;1&amp&semi;p&equals;12&amp&semi;l&equals;ur1&amp&semi;category&equals;amazonhomepage&amp&semi;f&equals;ifr&amp&semi;lc&equals;pf4&amp&semi;linkID&equals;7d24dd97a0df4ff3476c91ff1de56ff1&amp&semi;t&equals;konniemomen0a-20&amp&semi;tracking&lowbar;id&equals;konniemomen0a-20" scrolling&equals;"no" border&equals;"0" marginwidth&equals;"0" style&equals;"border&colon;none&semi;" width&equals;"300" height&equals;"250" frameborder&equals;"0"><&sol;iframe><iframe src&equals;"&sol;&sol;rcm-na&period;amazon-adsystem&period;com&sol;e&sol;cm&quest;o&equals;1&amp&semi;p&equals;12&amp&semi;l&equals;ur1&amp&semi;category&equals;warehouse&amp&semi;banner&equals;1TWJ5AN61PASAJA07KR2&amp&semi;f&equals;ifr&amp&semi;lc&equals;pf4&amp&semi;linkID&equals;43ee705840cd18277bc62dcd1fa9ff20&amp&semi;t&equals;konniemomen0a-20&amp&semi;tracking&lowbar;id&equals;konniemomen0a-20" scrolling&equals;"no" border&equals;"0" marginwidth&equals;"0" style&equals;"border&colon;none&semi;" width&equals;"300" height&equals;"250" frameborder&equals;"0"><&sol;iframe><br &sol;>&NewLine;At the time of the arrest&comma; NYPD Commissioner James O&&num;8217&semi;Neill said in a statement the arrest and allegations are troubling&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8216&semi;Cops are charged with enforcing the law&comma; not breaking it&comma;&&num;8217&semi; the commissioner said&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8216&semi;Today&&num;8217&semi;s arrest &&num;8211&semi; for serious allegations of trafficking heroin &&num;8211&semi; are troubling&period;&&num;8217&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Both Jimenez and Soto were charged with conspiracy to distribute heroin&comma; possession of heroin&comma; possession of at least 100 grams of heroin with intent to distribute&comma; and using and carrying a firearm in relation to their heroin trafficking&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"articleWide cleared">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"alpha">&NewLine;<div id&equals;"js-article-text" class&equals;"article-text wide ">&NewLine;<div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font">&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;

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