Former Westchester Cop Pleads Not Guilty To Quadruple Homicide Charges

Nicholas Tartaglione, the former Briarcliff Manor police officer turned alleged drug conspirator pleaded not guilty to quadruple murder charges in federal court on Thursday. Last month, United States Attorney for the Southern District Preet Bharara announced that the 49-year-old Tartaglione, who previously worked as an officer in Pawling and Mount Vernon, had been charged in a five-count indictment for his participation in a drug conspiracy to distribute more than five kilograms of cocaine and for the murders of four men, all of whom lived in Middletown in Orange County.

Ex-Westchester Officer Accused Of Quadruple Homicide Appears In Court

Nicholas Tartaglione, the former Briarcliff Manor police officer turned alleged drug conspirator was back in federal court on Thursday after being arrested and charged with quadruple homicide. Last month, United States Attorney for the Southern District Preet Bharara announced that the 49-year-old Tartaglione, who previously worked as an officer in Pawling and Mount Vernon, had been charged in a five-count indictment for his participation in a drug conspiracy to distribute more than five kilograms of cocaine and for the murders of four men, all of whom lived in Middletown in Orange County.

Retired cop allegedly killed four men in coke deal gone bad :0

Victims Hector Gutierrez , Martin Santos-Luna , Urbano Morales-Santiago , and Miguel Sosa-Luna A retired Westchester County police officer murdered four men - including two who were just in the wrong place at the wrong time - in a "gangland-style" crime during a drug deal gone bad, prosecutors said Tuesday. Nicholas Tartaglione, who worked as a cop in Briarcliff Manor and Mount Vernon, as well as upstate Pawling, was arrested Monday for killing Martin Luna, Urbano Santiago, Miguel Luna, and Hector Gutierrez in April at a bar called Likquid Lounge in Chester, Orange County, authorities said.