Accused cannibal cop's fiendish plot no fantasy: federal prosecutors
By
Perry Chiaramonte,
Jana Winter
Published October 26, 2012
FoxNews.com
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Oct. 25, 2012: In this courtroom drawing Federal Defender Julie Gatto requests bail for her client, New York City Police Officer Gilberto Valle, right, at Manhattan Federal Court in New York. (AP)
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Oct. 25, 2012: New York Police Deptartment officer Gilberto Valle, seen in images from his OKCupid online profile.
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Federal prosecutors insisted that a New York police officer's plot to kidnap, cook and eat women was not just idle Internet talk, saying he "took active and affirmative steps" to carry out the sick scheme.
NYPD Officer Gilberto Valle came to the brink of "kidnapping a woman, cooking her and actually eating her," Assistant U.S. Attorney Hadassa Waxman said in arguing successfully to deny the officer bail Thursday. Valle's attorney countered that her client only indulged in deviant fantasies played out in fetish chat rooms and elsewhere on the Internet.
"Nothing has happened," said the lawyer, Julia Gatto. "We may be offended. We may be alarmed. But it's just talk, your honor."
According to the criminal complaint, the FBI discovered that Valle was discussing the plot through email and instant messaging. The complaint includes stomach-turning details about Valle's alleged plans to victimize and kill numerous women. Investigators discovered that he allegedly created a personal registry on his computer of more than 100 women, complete with photographs and personal information, including addresses and physical descriptions.
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