A NYPD lieutenant was found guilty Wednesday — and faces up to one year in jail — for leaking information to colleagues about the massive NYPD ticket-fixing scandal.
Judge Martin Marcus found Lt. Jennara Cobb guilty for divulging details of the Internal Affairs Bureau’s probe into allegations of widespread ticket fixing in the department in 2011.
“Having heard all the evidence in this case and listening to the closing arguments … I given much thought,” Marcus said.
He found the Bronx cop guilty on three charges — divulging an eavesdropping warrant, official misconduct and obstruction of governmental administration.
Audience members in the courtroom gasped after Marcus read the verdict. They muttered “f–k” and “Jesus Christ.”
Wearing a brown suit and cream colored shirt, Cobb showed no reaction.
“We’re extremely disappointed obviously and we’re going to have a vigorous appeal of this verdict,” said Lou Turco, president of the Lieutenant’s Benevolent Association. He added that he was ” extremely surprised” by the verdict.
Cobb and and her lawyers declined comment.
The ticket-fixing scandal ensnared 16 cops in 2011.
Once word got out about the probe, ticket-fixing quickly stopped or became sporadic, Detective Randy Katakofsky, the investigator who first went to Bronx prosecutors with the case, said earlier this month.
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