He is definitely NOT one of New York's Finest.
A six-year veteran from Harlem's 26th Precinct, Gilberto Valle III, was arrested by the FBI for a plot to kill and cook his girlfriend and as many as 100 other unsuspecting women, according to a statement made by authorities today, as reported by The New York Post.
U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Preet Bharara issued a press release Thursday detailing the case.
"Gilberto Valle's alleged plans to kidnap women so that they could be raped, tortured, killed, cooked, and cannibalized shock the conscience. This case is all the more disturbing when you consider Valle's position as a New York City Police officer and his sworn duty to serve and protect. Our investigation is ongoing," the press release states.
According to the federal complaint, Valle, 28, has been planning his crimes since the beginning of the year and has kept a "detailed list" and files on the women he was targeting with an accompanying photo of each.
The files also included each woman's birth, height, weight and bra size, according to The New York Times.
"On or about July 9, 2012, Gilberto Valle, the defendant, using the Internet and an electronic instant messaging program, communicated with a co-conspirator not named ... about kidnapping, cooking and eating body parts of woman," FBI Special Agent Anthony Foto wrote, as reported by The Post.
The suspect also accessed a law enforcement database without authorization according to Foto.
He added that the FBI had contacted 10 of the women, all of whom said they knew Valle.
"I was thinking of tying her body onto some kind of apparatus ... cook her over a low heat, keep her alive as long as possible," the FBI quoted Valle, referring to his first potential victim.
Valle was arrested Wednesday at his home in Forest Hills, Queens, without incident.
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