MANHATTAN SUPREME COURT — A rookie police officer has been acquitted of perjury and official misconduct charges pertaining to a drug case he worked in 2007, shortly after he graduated from the police academy.
Michael Carsey, 30, was charged with helping Sergeant William Eiseman to conceal an illegal search and seizure of an uptown drug suspect in 2007. He was also accused of lying at a hearing about the admissibility of the evidence they found on the suspect, Antoine Melville.
The jury was hung on four other counts of perjury and misconduct and prosecutors have not yet said if they will retry Carsey on those charges.
Carsey did not comment after the verdict and will return to court in November after his lawyer files papers asking to have the remaining charges dismissed.
Eiseman, 39, pleaded guilty to perjury on June 27 in exchange for weekends in jail for three months and a five year probation term.
The officers worked together in the Manhattan North Task Force. Eiseman joined the force in 1997 and was expected to be fired after his conviction.
