Shockwaves Hit NYC: Top Adviser to Eric Adams Arrested Amid Explosive Corruption Probe
Eric Adams’ former top adviser and political power broker, Frank Carone, was arrested Wednesday, and several ex-NYPD officials were raided as part of multiple separate corruption probes.
Carone had his home searched by the feds in the early morning operation and was arrested in an alleged bribery scheme, according to police sources.
The charges were not immediately known. The indictment is expected to be unsealed in Brooklyn Federal Court Wednesday afternoon.
Separately, the NYPD hit the homes of former Chief of Department Jeffrey Maddrey, ex- Assistant Chief James McCarthy and the once top police spokesperson Tarik Sheppard, according to the sources.
Those cases stemmed from the NYPD probe into Maddrey’s alleged misappropriation of funds, and the FBI was called in to assist in the investigation.
Sources said authorities are investigating potential bribery and other official misconduct by former high-ranking police officials.
The feds also arrested others in the Carone case; however, it was unclear how many others and who were taken away in cuffs, sources said.
“This morning, members of the NYPD’s Internal Affairs Bureau and the FBI executed search warrants as part of a criminal investigation being pursued by the NYPD, the FBI, and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York. The investigation is ongoing and concerns conduct by former and current members of the NYPD,” said Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch.
“When I became Police Commissioner, I promised New Yorkers that under my leadership the NYPD would conduct itself with integrity and that there would be a thorough investigation of any claim that members of service failed to meet that standard.
“This investigation and our actions this morning are part of the ongoing effort to fulfill that commitment and hold the Department to its highest ideals.”
Allegations of criminal wrongdoing have long dogged Carone, who served as Adams’ chief of staff for his first year.
The first federal case he was tangled in stemmed from accusations surrounding a Brooklyn church and Monsignor Jamie Gigantiello.
The feds slapped Gigantiello and Carone with subpoenas connected to the church’s finances in 2024.
Maddrey, meanwhile, was forced to resign from the department in late 2024 amid a sexual scandal where he was accused of forcing an underling to perform intimate favors in exchange for overtime.
McCarthy also previously had his phone seized by the feds, along with a number of other top NYPD officials.
It was also not known why feds were eyeing Sheppard, a hot-head former Deputy Commissioner of Public Information who once called a Post reporter a “f–king scumbag.”
