A New York City police officer is being probed for allegedly placing a gun in a repairman's truck and lying about how it got there, the New York Daily News reported.
Officer John Bonanno is accused of charging repairman Raul Glasgow on false charges after telling him he could get him out of a ticket if got him a gun.
Glasgow, 41, reported the incident to the internal affairs department of the NYPD and called his arrest "a goddamn lie."
While he was driving in East Flatbush, other officers stopped him and charged him for driving with forged license plates.
"They searched the car at the scene and I wasn't worried because there was no gun in there," Glasgow said.
After he was taken to the 67th Precinct station, he said police officers told him they would think about dropping the forgery charge if he could provide them with a gun.
Glasgow agreed and prepared to give the officers a .45-caliber pistol once owned by his friend. After they took it, they charged Glasgow with gun possession.
Once outside investigators looked into the case in August, charges against Glasgow were dropped after they discovered "information that calls into serious question the veracity of Police Officer Bonanno's sworn statements," a prosecutor said in court.
Bonanno has been a NYPD officer since 2009. Ever since Glasgow's claims, he has been put on modified duty and assigned to the Quartermaster Section. He has not commented on the case.
The NYPD also made headlines for incidents involving guns after they were hit with a $3 million lawsuit after illegally searching a vehicle.
Andrew James alleges officers illegally seached and obtained the gun in his car and provided video footage of them high-fiving each other after they discovered the weapon.
