NYPD Detective: Wife Spiked My Meatballs

Cop Suspended After Positive Drug Test Claims He Ate 'Potted' Meat

(AP)  A detective suspended after testing positive for drugs says his wife served him meatballs spiked with marijuana because she wanted to keep him out of harm's way by forcing him into retirement.

An administrative judge believed him, and recommended this week that Anthony Chiofalo be reinstated.

Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly has yet to decide what to do.

"We can't comment because the matter will still come before the police commissioner for a final determination," said spokesman Paul Browne.

Chiofalo, a 22-year-veteran assigned to the Joint Terrorism Task Force, was suspended without pay last year after a random drug test found marijuana in his system. The officer denied ever using drugs and demanded a hearing.

During an investigation, his wife said she had substituted marijuana for oregano in her meatball recipe in hopes of forcing him to leave police work.

The detective's lawyers also presented evidence that she had passed a lie-detector test, and offered testimony from a toxicologist that the excuse was valid.

[vcdb]

So how much time is the wife gonna get for breaking the law?

[gramto7]

I guess you could call that dish POT roast.
Posted by marcelde

I love this one!

[themooniac]

Only a cop could get away with that story. Geez, what a crock of BS. I cannot believe, lie detector or not, anyone would believe that story. Someone call Ricky Williams....

[marcelde]

I guess you could call that dish POT roast.

[peacethinker-2009]

Nahhh, prison space for that would be dumb, save the space for violent people. It should be decriminalized anyhow.

America's Dumbest Criminals: Now the re-instated husband's first assignment back on the force will be to arrest his wife for possession and trafficking of a narcotic... and then she can have meals cooked for her in prison :)

[peacethinker-2009]

Hmm, so I guess the poor guy's gonna be paranoid eating with her now.

[glc518]

I really need a cook can she get rid of that old guy and move west.

[sykosam-2009]

Yikes, that's some substitute...

[cantshutup]

That's a one a spicy a meat a ball!