Saturday, March 2, 2013

Prosecutors: Cop used NYPD laptop in cannibal plot

FILE - In this Oct. 25, 2012, file courtroom drawing, Federal Defender Julie Gatto requests bail for her client, New York City Police Officer Gilberto Valle, right, at Manhattan Federal Court in New York. The FBI claims its analysis found that 40 of Valle?s emails and chats were evidence he wanted to abduct, torture and eat women. But an agent also testified on Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013 at Valle?s federal trial that there were thousands of others the FBI concluded were mere fantasy, even though they contain the same ghoulish elements. (AP Photo/Elizabeth Williams, File)

FILE - In this Oct. 25, 2012, file courtroom drawing, Federal Defender Julie Gatto requests bail for her client, New York City Police Officer Gilberto Valle, right, at Manhattan Federal Court in New York. The FBI claims its analysis found that 40 of Valle?s emails and chats were evidence he wanted to abduct, torture and eat women. But an agent also testified on Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013 at Valle?s federal trial that there were thousands of others the FBI concluded were mere fantasy, even though they contain the same ghoulish elements. (AP Photo/Elizabeth Williams, File)

This undated photo submitted into evidence by Assistant Federal Defender Julia L. Gatto shows Gilberto Valle with his daughter. Valle is accused of conspiracy to kidnap a woman and unauthorized use of a law enforcement database that prosecutors say he used to help build a list of potential targets. Gatto tried to soften the image of her client by showing jurors pictures of a uniformed Valle and the couple?s 1-year-old daughter, a moment that caused the wife on the witness stand and eventually the officer at the defense table 30 feet away to cry out amid sobs. (AP Photo/Assistant Federal Defender Julia L. Gatto)

(AP) ? Prosecutors say a New York City police officer illegally used a police laptop in his patrol car to look up information on three women he is accused of targeting in a cannibalism conspiracy.

The government elicited information Friday from police department witnesses about Officer Gilberto Valle's (VAL'-ee's) use of a national crime database.

The testimony came as the government winds down its case against the 28-year-old officer. Valle is charged with conspiring to kidnap, kill and eat six women he knew, including his wife. If convicted, he could face life in prison.

Defense lawyers are expected to call witnesses next week to support their argument that Valle never intended to harm anyone and was indulging only in Internet fantasies.

Associated Press

Source: http://hosted2.ap.org/APDEFAULT/386c25518f464186bf7a2ac026580ce7/Article_2013-03-01-Police%20Officer-Cannibalism/id-d2ee662627fc44e4ba528f703418f216

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