Joseph Franco, a former NYPD detective, is on trial, accused of lying about witnessing drug deals to secure convictions. JessicaMooreTV has the latest on the case.
Prosecutors say the undercover narcotics detective exhibited a pattern of lying about what he saw to secure arrests, sending innocent people to jail and jeopardizing hundreds of cases.
Franco, 50, sat in court Tuesday charged with six counts of perjury, five counts of official misconduct, and 15 counts of providing false documents to a public official.READ MOREOn the stand today, Timothy Hiel, a former assistant district attorney, testified he would never have prosecuted one defendant for selling cocaine without Franco's story that he personally witnessed the sale.
Prosecutors say in 2018, Franco perjured himself before a grand jury, repeating the lie that he witnessed a drug buy that he could not have physically seen.Franco's defense attorney says he is being prosecuted for doing his job, which is to"disappear in plain sight," adding that the surveillance video being used to prove Franco's guilt actually proves he was a good cop, and that it was not uncommon for him to be alone where no one knew where he was or what he could see.
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