| Former NYPD Nguyen
Indicted For Helping Drug Dealer
while a Cop Pleads Guilty
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
SDNY
MAG EXCLUSIVE,
Jan 29 – An NYPD officer had
been indicted and charged with
assisting a drug trafficking
enterprise from 2020 to
November 2023. Andrew Nguyen
was presented on November 4 in
the U.S. District Court for
the Southern District of New
York Magistrates Court, which
Inner City Press closely
covers.
The
indictment has photographs of
NYPD Property Clerk invoices
that Nguyen used, text
messages about an attempt by
Nguyen to deliver five
kilograms of cocaine for
"CC-1."
Nguyen was
terminated from NYPD "for
misconduct unrelated to his
involvement in CC-1's drug
enterprise." Indictment
on Patreon here
On November 12
Judge Torres ruled: "ORDER as
to Andrew Nguyen. The
Government appeals from the
Honorable Henry J. Ricardo's
November 4, 2025 oral order
releasing Defendant, Andrew
Nguyen pending trial subject
to certain bail conditions.
See Initial Conf. Tr., ECF No.
13. On November 4, the Court
held a hearing and stayed
Nguyen's release pending the
Court's decision on the
Government's appeal. See ECF
No. 9. For the reasons stated
below, the stay is VACATED,
and Judge Ricardo's release
order is AFFIRMED. Defendant
is ordered released effective
immediately."
On December 10
the US Attorney's Office wrote
in to cancel the December 15
conference, saying that "the
parties anticipate that the
defendant will enter a plea of
guilty on the afternoon of
January 5, 2026."
That got pushed
to January 27, two different
times, then to January 29:
"ORDER as to Andrew Nguyen:
The change-of-plea hearing
scheduled for January 27,
2026, at 4:00 p.m., is
ADJOURNED to January 29, 2026,
at 10:30 a.m."
And he did plead
guilty: "ANDREW NGUYEN pled
guilty today before U.S.
District Judge Analisa Torres
to conspiring to solicit and
receive bribes, conspiring to
distribute narcotics, and
possessing a firearm in
connection with the conspiracy
to distribute narcotics.
NGUYEN is scheduled to be
sentenced on June 22, 2026."
The case is
US v. Nguyen, 1:25-cr-506
(Torres / Ricardo)
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