Feds Raid Home Of Ex-NYPD Top Official Jeffrey Maddrey

NEW YORK CITY — Federal authorities raided the home of former NYPD Chief of Department Jeffrey Maddrey, Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch confirmed in a statement Thursday.

"At my direction, the Internal Affairs Bureau of the New York City Police Department is working with law enforcement authorities to investigate allegations against former Chief of Department Jeffrey Maddrey," Tisch said on Thursday. "Maddrey was suspended from the Department this morning, as law enforcement agents executed search warrants at several locations, including his residence."

Tisch directed further inquiries to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York.

On Dec. 20, Maddrey, resigned after Lt. Quathisha Epps accused him of coercing her into sex in exchange for overtime approval, Patch previously reported.

Federal authorities appear to have joined an inquiry by the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office and the New York City Department of Investigation.

Maddrey has denied the allegations against him. His lawyer has said Maddrey did not have the authority to approve, assign or give overtime, according to an ABC News report.

"We had got together a couple of times, there was really nothing to it," Maddrey told NBC New York in an interview following his resignation. "There was no romance. We weren't girlfriend and boyfriend."

Maddrey continued, claiming the relationship was "absolutely consensual" but "inappropriate."

"That's part of the reason I did make the decision to step down because I knew I used bad judgment," he told NBC New York.