Ex-NYPD detectives indicted for stealing nearly $3K in booze from VIPs

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Ex-NYPD detectives indicted for stealing nearly $3K in booze from VIPs at Electric Zoo music festival

By Priscilla DeGregory and Craig McCarthy
May 15, 2023

Three ex-NYPD detectives have been indicted for their alleged roles in the theft of just under $3,000 in pricey champagne from VIP guests at the Electric Zoo music festival, Manhattan prosecutors announced Monday.

Then-detectives Warren Golden, 31, Jonathan Gonzalez, 33, and Wojciech Czech, 44, were at the event on Randall’s Island on Sept. 3, 2022 for narcotics enforcement when Gonzalez allegedly put two unopened bottles of Ace of Spades champagne into a backpack, according to the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office.

Several bottles of the bubbly — which goes for roughly $1,500 a pop — were sitting in an ice bucket on a table in the VIP area at around 7 p.m. that night.

But when the concertgoers who ordered the champagne stepped away, Gonzalez allegedly grabbed the bottles worth a total of $2,900 and put them on the table where Czech and Golden were standing, prosecutors said.

Czech then handed the bottles to Gonzalez, who placed them into the backpack, prosecutors claimed. Golden allegedly didn’t intervene to try to stop the two others from swindling the sparkling wine.

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Source:  https://nypost.com/2023/05/15/ex-nypd-detectives-indicted-for-stealing-3k-in-booze-at-music-fest/