Ex-head of NY police pleads guilty to corruption

Nov 5th, 2009 - Reuters

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Ex-head of NY police pleads guilty to corruption

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former New York City Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik pleaded guilty on Thursday to lying to White House officials, tax evasion and other charges in a deal that could send him to prison for almost three years.

Kerik, whose corruption trial had been due to start next week, also admitted as part of his guilty plea that he had received apartment renovations from a construction firm suspected of organized crime ties and had helped the company win city contracts.

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