Ex-New York police officer sentenced to life in execution of 4 men
A former Westchester, New York, cop-turned-drug dealer who orchestrated the execution four men in 2016 was sentenced Monday to four back-to-back life sentences, federal prosecutors said.
A former suburban New York cop who turned drug dealer and orchestrated the executions of four men in 2016 was sentenced Monday to four back-to-back life sentences, federal prosecutors said.
Nicholas Tartaglione suspected a man of stealing from him in 2016 and lured him into a trap, after which he and others executed the man, as well as three family members or friends who happened to be with him, the U.S. attorney’s office in Manhattan said.
“Nicholas Tartaglione brutally and senselessly murdered Martin Luna over money, and then ruthlessly executed Urbano Santiago, Miguel Luna, and Hector Gutierrez simply because they were in the wrong place at the wrong time,” U.S. Attorney Damian Williams said in a statement.
Nicholas Tartaglione.via NBC New YorkA jury convicted Tartaglione, 56, in April 2023 on 11 counts of murder, four counts of kidnapping resulting in death, one count of kidnapping conspiracy and one count of narcotics conspiracy.
He had been a police officer in Briarcliff Manor, a village in Westchester County, around 20 miles north of New York City.
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