An NYPD Officer allegedly ordered a hitman to kill her husband and her boyfriend’s daughter.
Valerie Cincinelli was in the process of divorcing her husband when she allegedly made plans to kill him, which also morphed into a plan to kill her current boyfriend’s daughter as well, the New York Post reported.
A neighbor said Cincinelli separated from her husband, Isaiah Carvalho Jr., about two years ago. Cincinelli remained in the home she had shared with her husband and two kids, in Oceanside, New York. She was there with one child she had with Carvalho and one child she had during a previous marriage.
Carvalho and Cincinelli were scheduled for a June trial regarding their divorce, the New York Post reported. Carvalho sued Cincinelli for divorce last year.
NYPD cop Valerie Cincinelli held without bail in alleged murder-for-hire plot https://t.co/ihilFicDoO pic.twitter.com/BfIHjaRMbL
— New York Post (@nypost) May 17, 2019
In February, Cincinelli concocted a plot to have her estranged husband killed, and sought her boyfriend’s help, according to the New York Post.
The boyfriend told the FBI of Cincinelli’s deadly plans. He continued to pretend to work with Cincinelli on the plot while collecting evidence that the authorities could use against her.
Also in February, Cincinelli allegedly withdrew $7,000 from a bank, and gave it to Carvalho to exchange for gold coins to pay the hitman.
A source told the New York Post that Cincinelli felt “she was getting in the way,” in referring to why she wanted to kill the boyfriend’s daughter.
Sometime during the planning process, Cincinelli asked her boyfriend why he “could not carry the murders him/herself,” according to court documents obtained by the New York Post.
On May 17, a detective told Cincinelli a fake story that her husband was dead. The boyfriend showed Cincinelli a fake photograph of the supposedly dead husband. The boyfriend recorded Cincinelli discussing what to say if questioned about her husband’s death.
Valerie Cincinelli was arrested the same day, at her home, and charged with use of interstate commerce facilities in the commission of murder-for-hire. The charges could lead to a maximum of 10 years in prison.
NYPD Officer Valerie Cincinelli is accused of trying to hire a hitman to kill her husband: https://t.co/ACWIXBR10l pic.twitter.com/p1mKF8et1s
— Heavy.com (@HeavySan) May 18, 2019
Murder Suspect’s Father Speaks
On the day Cincinelli was arrested, her father, who identified himself to the New York Post as Lou Cincinelli, left his Virginia home to go to his daughter’s home.
“It’s not her!” he told the New York Post. “It’s the boyfriend.”
“We’ve had trouble with him before,” he added.
“They were married, they have a kid together. … There is no way on the planet my daughter would have someone try to murder him. That’s nonsense!” Lou Cincinelli told the Post. “This [expletive] made allegations about her, and I’m sure he’s behind this.”
Federal defender Tracey Gaffey tried to get Valerie Cincinelli released on bond, but the request was denied.
“There is very strong evidence of guilt of the crimes of trying to get these two individuals murdered,” said Judge Anne Shield, upon denying the request.
Suspect’s Boyfriend Speaks to Media
According to the New York Daily News, the boyfriend, who wore a wiretap for police, is John DiRubba.
“My heart is destroyed,” DiRubba told the Daily News. “I can’t even think straight now. I can’t come to terms that a mother of two, a police officer … wanted to harm my daughter.”
DiRubba also warned the Carvalho family of what Cincinelli was planning, according to the Daily News.
“You think you’re in love with someone, but it’s not what you think,” DiRubba told the Daily News. “You try so hard to overlook things, but you can’t.”
Cincinelli joined the NYPD in 2007, the Daily News reported. The NYPD discovered she was spending time at DiRubba’s home and sharing confidential information while she should have been working, having an affair with him.
She was then suspended from the NYPD for a month. When she returned, her badge and gun were not given back to her and she was assigned to a unit that monitors public housing surveillance cameras.
