Three Former NYPD Officers Plead Guilty In Tow Truck Scheme: Feds

QUEENS – Three former NYPD officers pleaded guilty to taking part in a scheme to direct vehicles damaged in car accidents to a tow trucking business belonging to a former member of the force instead of the NYPD’s official program, said the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, Breon Peace.

James Davneiro, from Bayside, and Giancarlo Osma pleaded guilty to conspiring to steer damaged vehicles to the business belonging to Michael Perri, who opened a tow trucking and auto repair shop after retiring from the force in 2020 and bribed the two officers, federal prosecutors said.

All three officers, who were formerly assigned to the 107th precinct in Queens, face up to five years in prison, said the U.S. Attorney's office in New York.

Between May 2020 and May 2021, Davneiro and Osma received thousands of dollars of bribe payments from Perri in exchange for directing vehicles to his tow trucking business instead of using the NYPD’s Directed Accident Response Program, federal prosecutors said.