A Brooklyn NYPD detective who admitted to giving false information during a criminal investigation has been forced to retire, ending an 18-year career over what a department judge called “cutting corners,” according to disciplinary records.
Detective Patrick Craig of the Gun Violence Suppression Division pleaded guilty in June to three disciplinary charges stemming from the investigation of a 2022 shooting in Coney Island. They included providing false information to his partner that was used in a search warrant affidavit and giving false information to a Brooklyn assistant district attorney about the identification of a man tied to the shooting. Craig also admitted to failing to properly document investigative steps and consultations.
The case centered on a man whom investigators identified as a lookout for a street gang on Mermaid Avenue. Craig told Assistant District Attorney Daniel Stern that another detective, Michael Murphy, had “positively identified” the man based on previous encounters with him, according to the disciplinary decision.
But that identification had not happened before police obtained the warrant. Craig's partner, Detective Tomas Krohn, swore to the information in a search warrant affidavit, and a judge signed the warrant on March 29, 2023. Police executed it the following day.
On March 31, the day after the warrant was executed, Craig emailed Murphy a photo of the man and asked, “do you know this guy. can you ID this guy?” according to the decision....
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