Federal authorities searched the homes of New York City’s new interim police commissioner and seized materials unrelated to his police work, he said. The unexpected search comes as the administration of Mayor Eric Adams reels from other federal law enforcement investigations, the Associated Press reports. Thomas Donlon, who became the interim commissioner just one week ago after the resignation of Edward Caban, said that on Friday, "federal authorities executed search warrants at my residences. They took materials that came into my possession approximately 20 years ago and are unrelated to my work with the New York City Police Department," Donlon's statement did not address what the investigation was about, which federal authorities were involved or what materials had been seized.
A week ago, Caban resigned after federal authorities seized his electronic devices as part of an investigation that also involved his brother, a former police officer. Federal agents also have seized phones from the head of the city’s public schools, a top deputy mayor, Adams’ top public safety adviser and others. Previously, investigators searched homes connected to Adams’ top campaign fundraiser and the Democrat’s Asian affairs director. Last autumn, federal agents also seized Adams’ phone. Charges have not been brought in connection with any of those searches. It was unclear whether there was any connection to the search involving Donlon, who wasn’t part of the Adams administration until a few days ago. Donlon spent decades at the FBI, where he worked on terrorism cases, including the the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center, the 1998 bombings of U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania and a 2000 attack on a U.S. Navy destroyer.
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