Former 72nd Precinct Commanding Officer found not guilty on bribery charges
Former NYPD Deputy Inspector James Grant, who served as commanding officer of the 72nd and 66th Precincts, was found not guilty of bribery by a jury in Federal District Court in Manhattan on Wednesday.
Back on June 20, 2016, Grant, who was then the commanding officer of the Upper East Side’s 19th Precinct, was arrested by FBI agents and members of the NYPD’s Internal Affairs Bureau and charged with accepting bribes in exchange for doing favors for Jeremy Reichberg, a Brooklyn businessman and prominent fundraiser for Mayor Bill de Blasio. Three other NYPD officers were also arrested when Grant was.
Reichberg was convicted of several counts of bribery and conspiracy.