NYPD cop charged with torching car in Jersey City for insurance money

By Michaelangelo Conte | The Jersey Journal The Jersey Journal 
August 27, 2015 at  5:42 PM

JERSEY CITY -- A 28-year-old New York City police officer was suspended on the spot today in court when he appeared on charges that he torched his vehicle for insurance money.

Niculae Madalin of Woodside, N.Y., made his first court appearance on the charge of arson in Central Judicial Processing court where he was represented by attorney Brian Neary.

He is charged with starting a fire or causing an explosion at 15th and Coles streets in Jersey City on Aug. 3, 2014, "with the purpose of collecting insurance for the destruction or damage of such property under circumstances which recklessly place any person in danger of death of bodily injury," the criminal complaint said.

He is charged specifically with "setting his 2010 Acura on fire and filing a claim with Geico insurance," the complaint says.

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