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Former Dunwoody
detective pleads guilty
to running fraudulent
warrant checks
Former Dunwoody Police
detective Robert Pasquale
Bentivegna has pleaded guilty
to disclosing sensitive law
enforcement information in
exchange for receiving kick-
backs for him and his family
“It is a sad day when a ca
reer law enforcement officer
turns his back on decades of
public service by selling his
access to sensitive law en
forcement information,” said
Acting U.S. Attorney John
Horn. “Bentivegna’s conduct
undermines trust in law en
forcement and could have ex
posed the public to significant
harm.”
J. Britt Johnson, special
agent in charge, FBI Atlanta
Field Office, stated, “The FBI’s
No. 1 criminal investigative
program remains that of pub
lic corruption due to the vast
harm that it can cause. The
guilty plea of former Dun
woody Det. Bentivegna il
lustrates the betrayal of the
badge by a very seasoned law
enforcement officer and the
consequences that he now
faces for this betrayal.”
“Acts of corruption with
in the Department of Home
land Security represent a seri
ous threat to our nation and
undermine the integrity of all
DHS employees, who strive to
maintain the integrity of the
Department,” said James E.
Ward, special agent in charge,
department of Homeland
Security, Office of Inspec
tor General. “The Office of
Inspector General and its law
enforcement partners will
continue to pursue allegations
of corruption and hold such
shameless individuals like Mr.
Bentivegna accountable.”
According to the charges
and other information pre
sented in court, in July 2011,
Bentivegna, employed at the
time with the Dunwoody Po
lice Department and who had
also served as a federal task
force officer, began using an
individual connected with a
variety of illegal activities as a
confidential informant.
In exchange for valuable
personal items for himself
and his family, Bentivegna
performed searches and in
formed the confidential infor
mant about any active arrest
warrants listed under the in
formant’s name in the Georgia
Crime Information Center
(GCIC) database.
“Such information can be
valuable information to crim
inals, allowing them to flee
before authorities can arrest
them,” according to a news
release by the U.S. Attorney’s
Office.
In exchange for the in
formation, over the course
of approximately 18 months,
Bentivegna received airline
tickets for himself and his
wife to travel to New York, his
daughter received a convert
ible car, which she used for
more than a year, and his son
received a car to drive for a
period of time.
Bentivegna, 64, of
Woodstock pleaded guilty to
computer fraud for access
ing information in the GCIC
database for an improper pur
pose. Sentencing is scheduled
for June 1, before U.S. District
Judge Leigh Martin May.
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