Bronx DOC offi cers
busted for selling fake
disability placards
BY JASON COHEN
A joint investigation by the Bronx
District Attorney’s Offi ce and city’s
Department of Investigation led to the
indictment of fi ve people, including
four Department of Correction offi -
cers, for using forged disability parking
placards.
The defendants included Nakia
Gales, 44 and Shyiera Daniels, 29, of
Manhattan and Judy Guity, 46, Rasma
Caines, 43 and Craig Scott, 60, of the
Bronx, who have been indicted on second
degree and third-degree criminal
possession of a forged instrument.
Throughout the course of the investigation,
the DOI found that Gales
had been selling forged placards and
accepting various payments ranging
from $200 to $280 per placard. These
forged placards were seen in fi ve of
the defendants’ vehicles.
“Members of our community with
severe disabilities need these placards
to enable them to park near their
place of work, doctor’s offi ce and other
essential places so they can go about
their lives more easily,” said Bronx
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District Attorney Darcel Clark. “The
defendants—four of them Correction
Offi cers—allegedly corrupted
the placard program for their own
convenience. Now they face felony
charges.”
Gales, Daniels, Guity and Caines
were arraigned on Dec. 8. The three
are due back in court on March 16,
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