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EX-NYPD OFFICER PLEADS GUILTY TO FEEDING CONFIDENTIAL INFO TO GANG LEADER
BOYFRIEND


MESTRE ALSO HELPED HER BOYFRIEND EVADE LAW ENFORCEMENT, ACCORDING TO
PROSECUTORS, TELLING HIM THAT HE WAS WANTED FOR THE MURDER OF A RIVAL GANG
MEMBER — INFORMATION THAT GAVE HIM ENOUGH TIME TO FLEE THE COUNTRY

BY TOM SHEA AND NBC NEW YORK STAFF • PUBLISHED DECEMBER 7, 2023 • UPDATED ON
DECEMBER 7, 2023 AT 6:39 PM



NYPD 52nd Precinct

A disgraced former NYPD officer pleaded guilty to providing confidential law
enforcement information to her boyfriend, who was the head of a deadly gang in
the Bronx, prosecutors said. The information handed over allowed him to
allegedly intimidate a witness and avoid arrest while he was wanted for murder.

Gina Mestre admitted to feeding intel to the gang, the Shooting Boys, about a
key witness against them, said Damian Williams, the U.S. Attorney for the
Southern District of New York. The members of the gang then used that
information to allegedly attack and intimidate the witness, preventing him from
cooperating with police further.

Mestre, 33, also helped her boyfriend evade law enforcement, according to
prosecutors, telling him that he was wanted for the murder of a rival gang
member. That information gave the boyfriend enough time to flee the country in
an effort to dodge arrest.

The Mohegan Lake resident was an NYPD officer from July 2013 to May 2022, in the
public safety unit for the 52nd precinct in the Bronx. During June 2020, the
unit was focusing on reducing gun violence in the area. That's when Mestre began
talking with Andrew Done, the leader of the Shooting Boys gang that was
responsible for much of the violence the unit was looking to stamp out in the
University Heights neighborhood, prosecutors said.

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The pair soon began an intimate relationship, during which time Mestre handed
over confidential law enforcement information about a federal grand jury
investigation into the gang — including a warning that authorities were
preparing to bring a federal indictment, Williams alleged. She also gave the
gang heads up about police operations at the time, allowing them to hide their
alleged drug trade and other criminal activity.

In Nov. 2020, Done shot and killed a member of a rival gang as he sat in his car
in the Bronx, and the shooting was captured on security camera video. As police
worked to identify and catch Done, otherwise known as Caballo, Mestre was one of
the officers assisting with the case, Williams said. She secretly told her beau
that police had been looking for him, and sent him a copy of the video showing
him carry out the deadly shooting — proving that police had plenty of evidence
to make their case.

In the days and weeks after the murder, Mestre's information she fed Done helped
him duck authorities and eventually flee the country. She was aware of the phone
numbers that law enforcement could use to track Done, so the duo used other
cellphones to discretely communicate.


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Months later, in March 2022, 10 members of the gang were charged in a 15-count
indictment with various federal offenses, including racketeering conspiracy and
murder. Done was charged with the murder of the rival gang member, and was
caught by police in the Dominican Republic months later.

In Nov. 2022, Done pleaded guilty to both charges he faced. He is currently
serving 35 years in prison.

At her sentencing in March 2024, Mestre could get up to 15 years in prison.
Attorney information was not immediately available.

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