A top operative for Mayor Eric Adams now under investigation over allegations that he assaulted a migrant shelter security guard was once convicted by the NYPD of impeding an internal investigation of a domestic incident and placed on a list of cops with credibility issues, THE CITY has learned.
Timothy Pearson, a longtime friend of Adams the mayor put in charge of monitoring shelter costs and security, is the subject of a probe by the city Department of Investigation into his actions during a confrontation inside a Manhattan shelter last week, an incident first reported by THE CITY.
Pearson, a retired cop now on the payroll of the city Economic Development Corporation, showed up demanding to be let into the West 31st Street shelter for an unannounced inspection — leading to a confrontation that culminated in police criminally charging two guards, after Pearson claims one assaulted him. Both guards and numerous other witnesses dispute Pearson’s account.
Earlier questions about Pearson’s credibility arise from an internal NYPD investigation of Pearson that resulted in a finding of guilt in 2000 by a NYPD trial judge.
The case stemmed from a complaint of alleged domestic abuse lodged against Pearson followed by a police visit to his family’s Long Island home. The NYPD Internal Affairs Bureau (IAB) later opened an investigation and questioned Pearson about the call.
At the time, Pearson was a captain in the police department and a longtime friend of Adams, who was also still...
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