Top cop pleads guilty in corruption probe involving lavish trips hookers
Michael Harrington
Michael Harrington  52   struck the plea bargain ahead of a scheduled April 30 trial in Manhattan federal court on four counts of conspiracy  fraud and bribery.
Under the deal   he  faces a recommended sentence of zero to six months in jail  but  his  lawyer said in court that prosecutors wouldnât oppose a defense request for probation.
The Manhattan US Attorneyâs Office declined to say why it offered  Harrington  the sweetheart deal.
 Harrington  was indicted in July on allegations that  he  took payoffs including thousands of dollars in work for a security firm  he  unofficially helped manage  hotel accommodations on a family trip to Chicago  restaurant meals  tickets to sporting events and a video-game system for  his  kids.
In exchange   he  was allegedly âon callâ to provide official NYPD assistance to Rechnitz and co-defendant Jeremy Reichberg  who is a Rechnitz pal and fellow de Blasio donor.
But  Harrington  instead pleaded guilty to illegally diverting police resources  without receiving payment  by skirting protocol to grant favors to Reichberg and other members of the Jewish community.
[TGT] 52   struck the plea bargain ahead of a scheduled April 30 trial in Manhattan federal court on four counts of conspiracy  fraud and bribery.
Under the deal   he  faces a recommended sentence of zero to six months in jail  but  his  lawyer said in court that prosecutors wouldnât oppose a defense request for probation.
The Manhattan US Attorneyâs Office declined to say why it offered   [TGT] the sweetheart deal.
  [TGT] was indicted in July on allegations that   [TGT]   took payoffs including thousands of dollars in work for a security firm   [TGT]   unofficially helped manage  hotel accommodations on a family trip to Chicago  restaurant meals  tickets to sporting events and a video-game system for  his  kids.
In exchange   he  was allegedly âon callâ to provide official NYPD assistance to Rechnitz and co-defendant Jeremy Reichberg  who is a Rechnitz pal and fellow de Blasio donor.
But   [TGT] instead pleaded guilty to illegally diverting police resources  without receiving payment  by skirting protocol to grant favors to Reichberg and other members of the Jewish community.