Former NYC Police Commissioner Indicted

Nov 09, 07:52 AM

Current Headlines: The Washington Post

NEW YORK

Former New York police C ommissioner Bernard Kerik was indicted Thursday by a federal grand jury investigating him for corruption and tax evasion and for lying on an application to serve as President Bush's director of homeland security, according to a Justice Department official.

The indictment is expected to be unsealed today in White Plains, N.Y., where Kerik, 52, is expected to surrender.

The investigation has focused on gifts that Kerik is alleged to have accepted while serving as New York City's corrections chief and later as police commissioner, including $165,000 in apartment renovations in 1999.

Last year, Kerik pleaded guilty to a New York state ethics charge in connection with the gifts and was placed on probation.

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