Joseph Biggs, a school security guard in New York, was arrested by the FBI early Thursday in connection with the killings of four men whose bodies were discovered last year on property owned by retired Westchester County cop Nicholas Tartaglione, law enforcement officials tell NBC 4 New York.
Biggs and Tartaglione, a former cop in Briarcliff Manor, are named in a superseding indictment charging them with murder and with operating a cocaine distribution operation. The law enforcement officials couldn't immediately say which school system employed Biggs.
The duo allegedly lured Martin Luna, Urbano Santiago, Miguel Luna, and Hector Gutierrez to a Hudson Valley bar last spring, according to court papers. The four men were last seen alive in a Chevrolet SUV in Chester on April 11, 2016. Their bodies were found on Tartaglione’s Otisville property months later, in December.
Tartaglione was indicted shortly after the bodies were found. At the time, prosecutors alleged he killed them as part of a conspiracy to distribute more than 11 pounds of cocaine. The 49-year-old Yonkers native pleaded not guilty to the charges and remains held without bail. He faces the death penalty if convicted.
Briggs will appear in federal court in White Plains later Thursday. Attorney information wasn't immediately available.
The U.S. attorney’s office in Manhattan is expected to release additional details on the charges and investigation later Thursday.
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