A former Westchester cop charged in four drug-related killings was released from solitary confinement — only to be greeted with threatening catcalls that got him tossed back in the hole for his own protection, his lawyer said Tuesday.
Ex-Briarcliff Manor cop Nicholas Tartaglione was sent to the “Special Housing Unit” in the federal Metropolitan Correctional Center in Lower Manhattan after getting caught with a cellphone on July 3.
The hulking bodybuilder finished up his 75-day punishment on Monday and was being transferred back to general population when fellow inmates spotted him and began yelling, “That’s the cop!”, defense lawyer Bruce Barket said during a hearing in White Plains federal court.
Correction officers hustled Tartaglione back to the SHU, where he spent the night, Barket said.
Tartaglione, 51, wants to be transferred to a unit where he’ll be safe but can also get regular visits from his family, which he can’t have while locked up in the SHU, Barket said. – READ MORE