FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - A former NYPD officer will spend less time in prison following his involvement in a $200,000 Florida cocaine deal.
A federal judge in Fort Lauderdale agreed Tuesday to cut three years from 30-year-old Philip LeRoy's 10-year sentence.
LeRoy pleaded guilty to a drug trafficking conspiracy charge in 2015. He admitted providing security and carrying his off-duty gun for a drug deal to bring 22 pounds of cocaine from Florida to New York.
The deal turned out to be a U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration sting operation. Prosecutors said Leroy provided information that helped investigators figure out how the drug ring operated.
LeRoy had been "Cop of the Year" twice in his precinct. He apologized Tuesday for "embarrassing the law enforcement community and the NYPD."