Corrupt Police Chief Sends Officer Home After Not Fixing Ticket

        Sworn statements, now in the hands of the FBI, provide additional insight into the routinely dysfunctional and illegal activity inside the Village of Pelham Manor government.  The in-charge-of-nothing police chief is quoted as saying, "Pierpont [the village manager] wants me to give you a hard time over these tickets..." 

        One officer, who refused to rip up a ticket for a Mrs. Nancy Johnston (a/k/a Mrs. Fisher), the wife of a former village board member, was told by Police Chief Al Mosiello, “It’s not like she’s some black guy from the Bronx.”   After the officer refused to “fix” the ticket, Chief Mosiello whined, “you don’t understand,  Pierpont’s my boss.”   Like magic, the officer later learned that the ticket was made to disappear.  .... MORE ....



          It is, of course, impossible to find an incident of ticket fixing more disgusting than what happened to an on-duty Pelham Manor police officer who was critically injured by a driver, but who happened to be connected to corrupt village officials.  CLICK HERE TO READ, "The Disgraceful Government of the Village of Pelham Manor - Part I"

        One cop says, "I personally observed Police Officer [REDACTED] being relieved of his command and sent home early for writing a ticket to a Mrs. Garvey, the wife of a doctor who is close to the Village of Pelham Manor administration."   

        Countless officers have witnessed first-hand how ticket-fixing is done in the Pelham Manor Police Department- all orchestrated by village manager John Pierpont and as authorized by village board members: Mayor Bertrand (a/k/a "Randy") C. Sellier, Deputy Mayor Neal Schwarzfeld, Louis Annunziata and Christopher R. Winston.  

        And the sworn affidavits, along with the thereto attached documentary evidence, is packed with startling revelations, including:

•  I firmly believe that the citizens of Pelham Manor and the obligations of law enforcement are compromised by the Administrators of the Village of Pelham Manor, the Chief of Police, and by the Village Manager, John Pierpont.

•  There is a big problem with ticket-fixing in the Village of Pelham Manor.  On numerous occasions I was told by Pelham Manor police chief Alfred Mosiello to “take care of these tickets.”

• I was further told by police chief Mosiello that, “Pierpont wants me to give you a hard time over these tickets…”

• I once pulled over a vehicle for making an illegal left turn, and I ticketed the driver.  The driver, John Ruggiero, told me four (4) times that his brother was Joe Ruggiero, the Village of Pelham Manor Fire Chief.  I was subsequently approached by Police Chief Mosiello and asked “what  are you going to do with the [Ruggiero] ticket…”  I told the police chief that he (Joesph Ruggiero) needed to go to court. The police chief responded to me by saying, “that’s not good enough.”  

• I later learned that the ticket was made to go away; apparently the police chief went into the village clerk’s office and demanded the actual ticket from one of the clerks.  [REDACTED] COPIES ARE ATTACHED AS [REDACTED]. 

• On another occasion, I ticketed a Nancy Johnston (a/k/a Mrs. Fisher) for a minor infraction; she had become unusually combative during the time I ticketed her but I calmed the situation and simply gave her a summons.  I was subsequently called into Police Chief Mosiello’s office and told that Mrs. Johnston/Fisher had filed a complaint against me. 

• Chief Mosiello asked me if I knew who Mrs. Johnston/Fisher was, which I didn’t; I was told by the Chief that Mrs. Johnston/Fisher was the wife of a former village trustee.  

• Police Chief Mosiello then said to me, “It’s not like she’s some black guy from the Bronx.”  

• I was asked by Chief Mosiello what I was going to do with the ticket, and I said she should go to court.  I was then told by Chief Mosiello that, “Pierpont wants me to give you a hard time over this ticket.” After I refused to “fix” the ticket, Chief Mosiello said to me, “you don’t understand,  Pierpont’s my boss.” I later learned that the ticket was made to disappear.  [REDACTED] COPIES ARE ATTACHED AS [REDACTED]. 

• I was on-duty and present the evening of November 15, 2011 when Pelham Manor Police Officer Michael Tillistrand was seriously injured by a vehicle driven by the Village of Pelham Manor Fire Department’s Chief’s daughter Jillian Ruggiero.  I was on the scene and actually witnessed the accident, however I was NEVER asked by any “investigators” about the accident.  I believe that it was absolutely and highly improper to have the vehicle that actually hit Officer Tillistrand be placed inside the village garage area— and under the control of and accessible to- of the driver’s father, Pelham Manor Fire Chief Joseph Ruggiero.  CLICK HERE to read the story that combines Tampering with Evidence and Pelham Manor Ticket Fixing