By KATI CORNELL
June 17, 2008
An NYPD cop-turned-robber pleaded guilty yesterday to sticking up a bank in Pennsylvania, as prosecutors in New York unsealed an indictment against him and a teller pal for two heists in Manhattan.
Christian Torres, 22, copped a plea to bank robbery and other charges - for stealing $113,000 from a Sovereign branch in Muhlenberg, Pa., on April 9.
Meanwhile, Torres and Christina Dasrath, 20, are now under federal indictment on bank-fraud, bank-larceny and bank-robbery charges for a pair of heists at a Sovereign branch on Avenue A in on June 8 and Nov. 16 of last year.
Torres, of Queens, was a cadet in training for the NYPD at the time of the first heist and served as a transit cop from July 9, 2007 through April 10, the day he was arrested in Pennsylvania.
In that robbery, Torres brandished a gun, forced his way into the branch and ordered a manager to fill a bag with cash.
When cops caught up to him, he identified himself as a law-enforcement officer.
Dasrath, of The Bronx, is accused of taking a cut from each of the two New York robberies.
She and Torres met while attending John Jay College of Criminal Justice.
