A former NYPD cop and his teaching assistant wife have been arrest in Long Island, after police say the couple have been running a drug dealing operation across the street from a school.
Kenneth Riggio, 59, and his wife, Faith Riggio, 53, were arrested on Tuesday night after a team of Nassau County police officers descended on their North Merrick home, following a series tip-offs.
Inside, authorities found 200 oxycodone pills, as well as a stash of cocaine, heroin, Xanax and over $146,000 in cash.
They also found an $85,000 cashier's check, a switchblade, envelopes and scales.
Kenneth Riggio (left), 59, and his wife, Faith Riggio (right), 53, were arrested on Tuesday night after a series of tip-offs led police to raid their home
Inside, authorities found 200 oxycodone pills, as well as a stash of cocaine, heroin, Xanax and over $146,000 in cash (pictured)
'We went through the house recovering, as you just heard, $146,000 in cash that was lined up and in certain packages, obviously money that was received from the sale of narcotics,' Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder said at a news conference on Thursday.
'The alarming part was that it was done across the street from a daycare center, the Bellmore-Merrick administrative building and an alternative learning school where kids attended daily.'
Kenneth served with the NYPD for four years, before being dismissed in 1985 for
