N.Y. police officer charged with plan to cook, eat women

[Jazzy]

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York City police officer was charged on Thursday with conspiring to kidnap, torture, cook and eat women whose names he listed in his computer.



In a criminal complaint unsealed in Manhattan federal court, Gilberto Valle III, 28, of Forest Hills, Queens, was charged with conspiring to cross state lines to kidnap the women and with illegally accessing a federal database.

The charges carry a maximum sentence of life in prison.



Investigators uncovered a file on Valle's computer containing the names and pictures of at least 100 women, and the addresses and physical descriptions of some of them, according to the complaint. It said he had undertaken surveillance of some of the women at their places of employment and their homes.



Magistrate Judge Henry Pitman, in denying Valle bail at a hearing on Thursday evening, said: the allegations in the complaint are profoundly disturbing. I have never seen allegations similar to this in 16 years on the bench.



Valle's court-appointed attorney, Julia Gatto, had vigorously argued to the judge that her client, a 6-1/2 year NYPD veteran who appeared before the judge in a red T-shirt and jeans, was all talk and deserved to be released on bail.



The best this complaint alleges is talk, just idle talk, Gatto said. There is no actual crossing the line from fantasy to reality, your honour.



Valle, who an official said had no prior criminal record, was not charged with carrying out any of his suspected plans.



A law enforcement official involved in the investigation characterized Valle's actions as an online fantasy game.

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Question: Do you think he deserves life in prison? Why or why not.

 

[Evil Eye]

Yes... At the very least he used government resources for his own... purposes.

 

[Jazzy]

Since he accessed a Federal database without permission, I think he deserves jail time. Not so sure about a life sentence since he didn't carry out any of his sick plans.