Ex-Police Officer Killed Middletown Men Over Drug Money, Prosecutors Say

MIDDLETOWN, N.Y. – Prosecutors believe a former police officer and Mount Hope man who was roped into a drug trafficking scheme killed four Middletown man over stolen money, according to the Times Herald-Record.

Prosecutors believe a former cop was involved in the killing of four Middletown men because of stolen money.
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Joe Jenkins

10/27/2017 11:20 a.m.

Court documents presented by the prosecution allege Nicholas Tartaglione and his conspirators lured Martin Luna to the Likquid Lounge in Chester under false pretenses in an effort to recover their stolen money. Luna arrived at the bar with his two nephews and a friend. Prosecutors say Luna was killed at the bar on April 11, 2016 while Tartaglione was present. The other three were allegedly killed and buried in the same mass grave later the same day, the Record reported.

Tartaglione’s lawyer had requested full disclosure of the prosecution's documents in an effort to avoid the death penalty for his client, the Record said.

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