Suspect In $1.2M Wine Theft Leaps From Carlyle Hotel, Police Say

UPPER EAST SIDE, NY — A man who was facing federal charges for stealing wine worth $1.2 million from the home of a Wall Street executive jumped to his death Tuesday from an Upper East Side hotel, police said.

Officers arrived at the Carlyle Hotel on East 76th Street around 2:30 p.m. to find Nicolas De-Meyer unconscious and unresponsive, police said. EMS pronounced the man dead at the scene.

Investigators believe De-Meyer jumped from the 33rd floor of the five-star hotel, police said.

In January, De-Meyer was charged with transporting stolen property across state lines. He was accused of stealing expensive wines from his boss and selling them to a dealer in North Carolina. The 41-year-old worked for nearly eight years as a personal assistant for Goldman Sachs co-president David Solomon.

No arrests have been made in connection with De-Meyer's death and the NYPD investigation remains ongoing.

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