Ex-NYPD union boss pleads not guilty to fraud charge
By MICHAEL R. SISAK
Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — A former New York City police union president who’s clashed with city officials over his insulting tweets and combative behavior was released on $250,000 bail after pleading not guilty to stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from the union. Ed Mullins surrendered Wednesday and appeared later in Manhattan federal court. Mullins resigned in October as head of the Sergeants Benevolent Association after the FBI searched the union’s Manhattan office and his Long Island home. He retired from the NYPD in November. A charging document alleged that Mullins filed phony expense reports to steal the funds.
