FBI Arrests High-Ranking New York City Police Officers

NEW YORK (TheBlaze/AP) -- Authorities say the FBI has arrested four people in connection with New York City's ongoing corruption probe, including a New York Police Department commander accused of accepting gifts that included time with a prostitute.

A New York Police Department (NYPD) car sits parked in Times Square on August 12, 2013 in New York City. (Credit: Getty Images)

A criminal complaint alleges an unidentified real estate executive took James Grant, the commander of an Upper East Side Precinct, on a private jet for Super Bowl weekend in 2013 and arranged for a prostitute who stayed in Grant's luxury hotel room. It says the executive is cooperating with the government.

Those arrested were identified by the New York Daily News as Deputy Chief Michael Harrington, Deputy Inspector James Grant, and Sgt. David Villanueva

The head of Grant's union declined to comment.

Brooklyn businessman, Jeremiah Reichberg, who contributed heavily to Mayor Bill de Blasio's campaign, already has pleaded guilty in the widespread case. Earlier this month, federal prosecutors charged the head of the correction officers' union for allegedly taking kickbacks.

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