Manhattan – Four men were arrested yesterday for possessing defaced firearms, including one police officer from the 104th Precinct in Queens who was suspended after the arrest.
According to police, officers in Washington Heights responded to a 911 call of an assault taking place around 1:34 a.m. yesterday at 180th Street and Audubon Avenue. Officers stopped a black GMC Yukon, and found three guns with defaced serial numbers in the vehicle.
Police arrested Officer Donald Medard, 30, who has been on the force since 2003, as well as two others.
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Prosecutors said today that there is more to this bizarre story. They have evidence that the officer was planning to shake down and rob drug dealers in Washington Heights. However, he was not charged with that yet — only with criminal possession of a weapon.