{"id":16089,"date":"2015-09-30T19:46:38","date_gmt":"2015-10-01T02:46:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=16089"},"modified":"2015-09-30T19:46:38","modified_gmt":"2015-10-01T02:46:38","slug":"boston-cop-upset-at-fbi-warned-gang-members-of-federal-investigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=16089","title":{"rendered":"Boston Cop, Upset at FBI, Warned Gang Members of Federal Investigation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>BOSTON<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/criminal_justice_jurisprudence-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-1073 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/criminal_justice_jurisprudence-2.jpg\" alt=\"criminal_justice_jurisprudence (2)\" width=\"299\" height=\"188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/criminal_justice_jurisprudence-2.jpg 299w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/criminal_justice_jurisprudence-2-120x76.jpg 120w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/criminal_justice_jurisprudence-2-265x168.jpg 265w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/criminal_justice_jurisprudence-2-284x180.jpg 284w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/criminal_justice_jurisprudence-2-274x173.jpg 274w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 299px) 100vw, 299px\" \/><\/a>A Boston police detective who was upset at the FBI and warned gang members about a federal probe plead guilty to obstruction of an investigation, officials said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>U.S. District Court Judge Denise J. Casper<\/strong> set sentencing for\u00a0<strong>Brian Smigielski<\/strong>, 43, for January, officials said. The Boston detective is facing up to five years in prison.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Smigielski admitted \u00a0to conspiracy to obstruct a FBI investigation related to the <strong>Academy Homes Street Gang,<\/strong> a violent narcotics trafficking gang that operated out of the Academy Homes housing development in Roxbury, according to authorities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Here are the facts and circumstances surrounding this case:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">From early 2009 to 2011, the FBI and Boston Police Department \u00a0were conducting a joint investigation into Academy Homes Housing Gang,during the initial stages of which Smigielski was the lead investigator.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"> In late 2009, Smigielski, became upset after being ordered to turn over the investigation to the FBI and other Boston police units.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">In 2010 and 2011, \u00a0he conspired with a fellow Boston officer and \u00a0gang members to impede the FBI in its investigation of Academy Homes Street Gang.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"> Smigielski assisted gang members by, among other things, informing the gang members of the FBI\u2019s pending investigation and warning them that their arrests were imminent.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BOSTON A Boston police detective who was upset at the FBI and warned gang members about a federal probe plead guilty to obstruction of an investigation, officials said. 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