Federal authorities executed search warrants on the houses of New York Metropolis’s interim police commissioner, Thomas Donlon, on Friday. Donlon, who took over as interim commissioner only a week in the past, disclosed the searches in an announcement launched by the police division.
“On Friday, September 20, federal authorities executed search warrants at my residences.They took supplies that got here into my possession roughly 20 years in the past and are unrelated to my work with the New York Metropolis Police Division,” Donlon mentioned. “This isn’t a division matter, and the division is not going to be commenting,” he added.
Donlon’s assertion didn’t present particulars concerning the nature of the investigation, which federal companies performed the search, or what supplies have been seized.
Donlon has a protracted historical past with federal regulation enforcement and beforehand labored on main terrorism circumstances. He additionally led New York State’s Workplace of Homeland Safety earlier than transferring to the personal sector. Mayor Eric Adams appointed Donlon as New York Metropolis’s interim police commissioner on September 13, following the resignation of former police commissioner Edward Caban.
“On Friday, September 20, federal authorities executed search warrants at my residences.They took supplies that got here into my possession roughly 20 years in the past and are unrelated to my work with the New York Metropolis Police Division,” Donlon mentioned. “This isn’t a division matter, and the division is not going to be commenting,” he added.
Donlon’s assertion didn’t present particulars concerning the nature of the investigation, which federal companies performed the search, or what supplies have been seized.
Donlon has a protracted historical past with federal regulation enforcement and beforehand labored on main terrorism circumstances. He additionally led New York State’s Workplace of Homeland Safety earlier than transferring to the personal sector. Mayor Eric Adams appointed Donlon as New York Metropolis’s interim police commissioner on September 13, following the resignation of former police commissioner Edward Caban.
Caban resigned per week in the past after federal authorities seized his digital units as a part of an investigation that concerned his brother, a former police officer.
Earlier, federal brokers had seized digital units from different metropolis officers, together with the top of public colleges, a high deputy mayor, and Mayor Eric Adams’ high public security adviser. Investigators additionally searched houses linked to Adams’ high marketing campaign fundraiser and town’s Asian affairs director. Final autumn, federal brokers seized Mayor Adams’ cellphone at an occasion.
No prices have been filed in reference to these searches, and it stays unclear if there’s any connection to the search involving Donlon.
