{"id":29245,"date":"2017-02-06T16:43:40","date_gmt":"2017-02-07T00:43:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=29245"},"modified":"2017-02-06T16:46:08","modified_gmt":"2017-02-07T00:46:08","slug":"miami-detective-convicted-for-stopping-motorists-to-steal-their-money-and-property-news-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=29245","title":{"rendered":"Miami Detective Convicted of Stopping Motorists to Steal Their Money and Property (News Video)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>FLORIDA<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_12967\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><a class=\"fancybox image\" href=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Detective-William-Kostopoulos.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12967 size-medium disappear appear\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Detective-William-Kostopoulos-300x169.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Detective-William-Kostopoulos-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Detective-William-Kostopoulos.jpg 630w\" alt=\"Detective William Kostopoulos\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Detective William Kostopoulos<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">A federal grand jury convicted a <strong>Miami Dade Police Department<\/strong> detective of using his law enforcement authority to violate the civil rights of two motorists as well as obstructing justice, officials announced Friday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Detective William Kostopoulos<\/strong>, 49, stole property from motorists.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The indictment also charges Kostopoulos with making misleading statements in order to prevent the communication of information about his alleged crimes to federal law enforcement officers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"nbcLMP30827902118\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nbcmiami.com\/templates\/nbc_partner_player?cmsID=308279021&amp;videoID=km5ZfRMbcqWY&amp;origin=nbcmiami.com&amp;sec=news&amp;subsec=local&amp;width=600&amp;height=360&amp;turl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cjnotebook.com%2Fmiami-detective-indicted-for-stopping-motorists-to-steal-their-money-and-property%2F&amp;ourl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cjnotebook.com&amp;lp=1&amp;random=f6rbsonn01u7l6k49529\" width=\"600\" height=\"360\" scrolling=\"no\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">According to evidence presented during two week\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"> trial, in 2013, Kostopoulos stopped two separate motorists in order to steal their money, in violation of the motorists\u2019 rights under the Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution to be free from unreasonable seizures of their property.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Kostopoulos subsequently obstructed justice by making misleading statements in order to prevent the communication of information about his crimes to federal law enforcement officers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cThe defendant abused the power granted to him <\/span>as<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"> a law enforcement officer to prey upon unsuspecting motorists for personal gain and then lied about his criminal actions to investigating detectives,\u201d said Acting Assistant Attorney General Thomas Wheeler of the Justice Department\u2019s Civil Rights Division.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cHe violated not only the <\/span>law,<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"> but also the public trust.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cThis officer&#8217;s abuse of authority will not be tolerated,\u201d said Special Agent in Charge George L. 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