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Det. Andres Ortiz Arrested After Drug Ring Busted
In a Marijuana drug bust in October 2004, two dozen people were arrested, including Det. Andres Ortiz, dozens of houses were searched, six handguns and an undetermined amount of cash and drugs were confiscated. Ortiz was charged with using a telephone in a drug crime.
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WBFO | Associated Press
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United States of America v Andres Ortiz
Det Ortiz agreed to plead guilty to one count of Information charging a violation of Title 18, US Code, Section 1030(a)(2)(B)(Fraud and Related Activity in Connection with Computers), which carries a maximum possible sentence of a term of imprisonment of one year, a fine of $100,000 or both, a mandatory $25 special assessment and a term of supervised release of one year.
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United States District Court for the Western District of New York
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Former Buffalo Police Detective Sentenced
Andres Ortiz was convicted of a violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1030 as a result of an FBI investigation into a large scale marijuana distribution ring in the City of Buffalo. During the investigation, Ortiz was captured over the telephone providing information to a member of the organization that he had obtained from the NCIC system. The plea agreement reached between the government and Ortiz required Ortiz to retire from the Buffalo Police Department.
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U.S. Department of Justice
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Retraction of Witness's Testimony
Detective Andres Ortiz told me that if I did not say what they told me to say at Jonathan Parker's murder trial then he would take me out in the corn fileds and kill me.
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Aaron Yarborough
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Brief for the United States as Appellee
Det Ortiz was assigned to the Maryland Street Detail(MSD), which became the Street Crime Unit and then the Street Narcotic Attack Program(SNAP) and was instructed to take “whatever means necessary” to accomplish their objectives. Ortiz was listed as an unindicted co-conspirator in a Buffalo Police corruption case investigated by the FBI. Officers in these units, including Ortiz, would routinely "toss" suspects, plant evidence, search suspects without warrants, use false evidence to obtain search warrants, and stole money from suspects.
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Department of Justice
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Andres S Ortiz Jr Disciplinary Card
