By STEFANIE COHEN
May 16, 2008
The feds yesterday charged an NYPD Internal Affairs sergeant with lying about advising a detective looking to evade a department probe, authorities said.
William Valerio, 41, a 16-year police veteran, allegedly told Detective Luis Batista - who is charged with conspiring to deal crack - how best to conduct himself.
"Look over your shoulder 100 million times. They will be following you," Valerio said, according to court documents.
Batista, 34, was arrested last summer for allegedly slipping confidential information to a drug dealer.
Valerio, who moonlighted in pest control, also stands accused of obtaining for Batista a fake pest-control certificate, in order to secure a loan on a new home.
Valerio is expected to surrender for arraignment Monday in Brooklyn federal court. He faces up to 30 years in prison if convicted of fraud and five years for making false statements, court papers say.
