2 NYPD Probationary Officers Charged with Burglary and Forcible Touching in Queens

Queens Burglary and Forcible Touching Charges

• 🚨 Two NYPD probationary officers are facing charges related to an incident in Queens last July.
• 🎯 They are accused of stealing cash from a sex worker and fondling others inside an illegal brothel on Roosevelt Avenue.

Allegations and Body Camera Footage

• 💡 Prosecutors state that after responding to a prostitution complaint, the officers allegedly turned off their body cameras.
• 💰 One officer is accused of snatching the key to the brothel from a sex worker, returning eight hours later.
• 🔦 The officers, still in uniform, allegedly removed a client from the premises and turned off the lights.

Specific Charges and Court Proceedings

• 🔪 Officer Justin McMillan is accused of taking cash from a sex worker's purse and fondling her.
• ⚖️ Officer Justin Cologne is charged with second-degree burglary and forcible touching for being present.
• 🚫 Both officers pleaded not guilty in court and declined to comment.
• 📅 The officers have been on modified duty since the incident and are due back in court in April.