"A New York Police Department sergeant has been charged with posing as a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement field director and ordering a victim and their family turn themselves in at an ICE location. At an arraignment on Tuesday at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, Atickul Islam, 29, pleaded not guilty to a single charge of personation of a federal officer and was released on an unsecured, $25,000 recognizance bond."
"Defense attorney John Arlia, who appeared for Islam, told U.S. Magistrate Judge Taryn Merkel that the NYPD suspended his client with pay and seized his badge and service weapon. Arlia said that Islam is absolutely adamant about fighting these charges. According to court papers, Islam, who also uses the alias John W. Anderson, allegedly contacted a person identified in court papers as Victim 1 and identified himself as an ICE field director."
"Merkel also granted a request by federal prosecutors to order Islam to stay away from the block where the victim resides. The exact location of the alleged offense is not provided in publicly available court documents, though one filing states that it occurred in Queens. Islam did not respond to reporters' questions as he left the courtroom. According to NYPD records, he is assigned to Police Service Area 3, which patrols housing projects in Bushwick."
An NYPD sergeant used the alias John W. Anderson and allegedly posed as a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement field director, directing a victim and that victim's family to report to ICE by April 15. The sergeant, Atickul Islam, 29, pleaded not guilty at an arraignment in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York and was released on an unsecured $25,000 recognizance bond. The NYPD suspended him with pay and seized his badge and service weapon. A federal judge ordered him to stay away from the block where the victim resides. The alleged incident reportedly occurred in Queens. Islam is assigned to Police Service Area 3 in Bushwick.
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