Retired NYPD Internal Affairs Chief Joseph Reznick nabs trespassers at his home: sources
Former NYPD Chief of Internal Affairs Joseph Reznick harkened back to his days on patrol — pulling his gun on and grabbing two teens trespassing in his backyard in Queens this week — police sources said.
Reznick, 72, held the suspects — 15 and 17 — until officers from the 105th Precinct arrived. The teens were charged with trespassing and drug possession — Oxycodone pills — police said.
The incident happened just before 8 p.m. Wednesday at his Bellerose home.
Sources said Reznick spotted the two suspects climbing a fence into his backyard, where he drew his gun on them and dialed 911, sources said.
Reznick did not return a request for comment.
Reznick was forced out of the NYPD in January 2022 shortly after Eric Adams became mayor.
As Reznick in 2014 neared his 63rd birthday, the mandatory retirement age for cops, then-Commissioner Bill Bratton gave Reznick a civilian title, deputy commissioner, allowing him to stay on as head of Internal Affairs.
He joined the NYPD in 1973 and was in charge of the detective squad in the 34th Precinct in 1991, when the body of a naked 4-year-old girl dubbed “Baby Hope” was found in a cooler in woods along the Henry Hudson Parkway in Inwood.
The case gnawed at him and other investigators for years.
In 2013, Baby Hope was identified as Angelica Castillo, and a cousin, Conrado Juarez, was arrested, authorities accusing him of molesting and suffocating the child. Juarez died of cancer in 2018 while behind bars and awaiting trial.
