CITY SERGEANT CHARGED WITH AIDING CRACK DEALER

A sergeant in the city's police department was arrested today in Long
Island for aiding a drug dealer and lying to investigators, officials
said.

Sergeant Roosevelt Green is accused of providing the leader of a
Suffolk County crack cocaine ring, Frank Wilson, with information
regarding surveillance vehicles being used by the Drug Enforcement
Administration to track Mr. Wilson during spring of last year,
according to the complaint filed in United States District Court.

A task force of city and federal law enforcement began an
investigation into Mr. Green's activities after DEA agents
intercepted several incriminating phone calls between him and Mr.
Wilson in March, according to the complaint.

Agents overheard the two talk about running license plates on several
cars that were being used to investigate Mr. Wilson.

The city's police department joined the investigation and discovered
that Mr. Green used an access number belonging to his partner to run
the plates through a database operated by the FBI, according to the
complaint.

When DEA agents questioned Mr. Green for the first time, he
acknowledged knowing Mr. Wilson but denied giving him any information
about license plates, according to the complaint. After further
interrogation, Mr. Green said he didn't remember providing Mr. Wilson
with information.

Mr. Green was arraigned today in Central Islip, Long Island on
charges of unlawfully accessing a computer and providing false
information.

Mr. Wilson and at least a dozen other members of his organization
have been indicted on drug charges.