Earlier this month, we told you about Sgt. Jonathan E. Moore, a 35-year-old Schenectady police sergeant currently under investigation for highly suspicious business dealings, particularly an alleged attempt to buy a sports car with a counterfeit check.
As Times Union reports, it’s now looking as though Moore was framed by his boyfriend, a conman named Anthony F. Aubin.
There’s also no evidence to support the claim that Moore was involved in underage “breeding” parties or was sexually involved with a teenage boy.
“At this point it does not appear like our guy did anything wrong,” Albany police Chief Brendan Cox told the paper.
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While at a Colonie auto dealership with Aubin, Moore was arrested on felony charged for trying to use a bad check to buy a $92,000 2016 Jaguar coupe.
Aubin has a prolific criminal record and was recently on parole, and Moore admitted he regularly used a police computer to check Aubin’s parole status.
He also claimed to have “debt issues.” Aubin promised to “help me get out of debt” by producing “gay porn” films for a Florida company called Bear Films, he told authorities.
But now it seems the two men never actually had a genuine contract with the company. Instead, Aubin may have tricked Moore with an elaborate ruse that involved him calling and pretending to be various adult industry execs.
Moore has told investigators that he was expecting $400,000 for his XXX work, which, no.
“The whole thing is a tangled web of deceit,” Colonie police Lt. Robert Wynn tells Times Union. “As of right now, he (Moore) is being considered a witness and a victim currently, but that could also change.”
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During the investigation, several pornographic photos of the men were unearthed, shot at Moore’s home a few months back. These were apparently going to be used to help them snare an impossible contract to produce gay porn.
Right now, the investigation is on hold while officers decide whether anybody should face charges or if this is all simply too ludicrous to pursue in any shape or form.
However, Moore did apparently illegally access that criminal database, but that’s a far cry from freewheeling underage orgies and all the rest of it.
If you want to delve deeper into this serpentine pile of confusion, you can read more about the bizarre case here.
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Caine
I work for a gay porn company and $400,000 is ridiculous. Gay porn just doesn’t even come close to paying that kind of money.
ebd407
Everyone needs a patsy. His department likes gim and is covering up…..shame
IDoNotHaveToAgreeWithYou
Like I said all along. Someone was looking for a plea bargain and you declared this guy guilty with no evidence. Think before you print.
Paco
Police officers should probably avoid dating career criminals on parole. Just some common sense.
Will L
It sounds like they are being fair with the guy. He was suckered in and this could really ruin his future.
Also, what Paco said…
Bob LaBlah
If you have the right connections their isn’t anything out there that you could have done that can’t be manipulated into your being a victim. Welcome to privilege, money and America. Its beginning to sound like family connections or something along that line to me. No one could have made it to a police force being that naive.
baggins435
The man is 35 years old and a police officer, surely he isn’t THAT stupid. Dating a felon, illegally using a police database, and believing he had a $400K porn contract? If he is innocent, he needs another profession.
Captain proton
@baggins435: it’s a corny excuse but maybe he is/was truly in love with the guy. Love does strange things to a person’s judgment.
Mo Bro
Hmmmm . . .
The previous article on this issue deemed the officer guilty for his reckless behavior, but now he “may” have been framed?
Sad (but not surprising) that Queerty has jumped on the anti-cop BLM bandwagon yet again.
seaguy
He’s definitely guilty of poor judgement.
pisces-boi
@Mo Bro: Just because someone takes an issue with the action of individuals who just happens to be a cop, doesn’t make them anti-cop. And cops should be held accountable for the action just like everyone else, that the reason BLM exist today. So stop it with this “All cops are good” bs.
Mo Bro
@pisces-boi: Nope, never said all cops are good. “Misinterpretation” has become an art form among the left..
Captain Obvious
Why are cops almost always excused and/or innocent victims when they commit crimes? Even police officers with careers spanning decades say the system is corrupt in their favor.
pisces-boi
@Mo Bro: And making someone out to be “anti-cop” for speaking out against police officers who commits horrible acts has become and art-form among the right, so I guess that make you guys even.