Westchester DA Starts Perjury Probe Of Retiring Cop

The Westchester District Attorney's Office is looking into its connections with a senior member of the Yonkers Police Department implicated in a wrongful arrest lawsuit. Detective Sean Fogarty is retiring.

He also will plead guilty to perjury over the case of Bronx resident Calvin Powell, who was arrested in April 2018, The Journal News reported.

Fogarty was acting as a member of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Task Force. The allegation is that he perjured himself in a search warrant application, said Westchester District Attorney Anthony A. Scarpino, Jr.

"In light of these allegations, I have ordered an immediate review of all past and pending cases in which Det. Fogarty may have been involved to be conducted by First Deputy District Attorney Victor Olds, Chief of Professional Responsibility who heads our conviction integrity investigations," Scarpino said in a statement. "FDDA Olds reports directly to me and has full authority to access all the resources of our Office to conduct a complete and thorough investigation in collaboration with our Investigations Division Public Integrity Bureau.

"If we determine that any conviction was the result of an illegal action by Det. Fogarty, we will immediately move to vacate the conviction.”