Federal prosecutors say two New Jersey police officers stopped vehicles, detained the occupants and searched the autos without justification, sometimes also taking cash and other items.
The Paterson officers – Jonathan Bustios, 28, and Eudy Ramos, 31 – are charged with conspiring to deprive people of their civil rights under color of law.
In one instance, on Feb. 20, 2018, the officers pulled over a BMW and sandwiched it in front of and behind their respective police vehicles, according to the complaint. Bustios and Ramos searched the BMW and detained the two people in the BMW, putting them in the backseat of Ramos’ police car.
After searching the BMW, Bustios left the scene, drove for 10 minutes, then stopped his police car and took out a white plastic bag filled with cash, along with a firearm, according to the complaint. Bustios called Ramos, and Ramos then released the two detained BMW occupants, and drove to meet Bustios. Bustios passed some of the cash to Ramos through the window of Bustios’ police car.
Later that day, Bustios and Ramos turned in the gun they recovered, and allegedly lied in their report about having found the gun due to a tip by a concerned citizen. They made no mention of the fact that they’d stopped and searched the BMW, detained and searched the people inside, and taken cash — all without any warrants.
Bustios is also charged with extortion under color of official right for allegedly telling a man he had just arrested that he wouldn’t charge him and would let him keep the cash he had if he helped Bustios get a gun.
“I ain’t gonna charge you with resisting, and I’m letting you keep your money bro,” Bustios allegedly told the individual. “If you don’t wanna make the deal, you don’t have to make the deal.”
Prosecutors say the man ultimately agreed to the deal.
Both officers were arrested Wednesday morning and were due to make their initial court appearances later in the day. It wasn’t known if either man has retained an attorney.
Jonathan Bustios, 28, and Eudy Ramos, 31 – are charged with conspiring to deprive people of their civil rights under color of law.
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get back to us when they are sentenced, and put in prison …in general population , and given a sentence that would reflect what any other average man would get if he pulled the same bullshit
stories like this are fine, but until we start getting the full final wrap up on how this is handled , to see how the “special ” treatment of the gestapo thugs gets meted out , than we dont have the full picture
there needs to be an example set for the rest of the punks in clown suits to get the message ,, they aint fuken special, or above the law
Jonathan Bustios, 28, and Eudy Ramos, 31
Wetbacks? Anchor babies?
Does this really surprise anyone?!? These gestapo thugs get their jollies out of fleecing the people for victim-less crimes, and when they get bored with that, they move on to shooting dogs and people for their own self-gratification. I wouldn’t be surprised if “MS13” is tattooed somewhere on their bodies.