"Javier Rodriguez initially appeared with an attorney, James Moschella, at a department hearing with Internal Affairs Bureau investigators but refused a number of times to answer questions, according to NYPD records. Rodriguez didn't appear for his October department trial. He was tried in absentia and found guilty of the charges by a department trial judge who recommended to Tisch that he be fired."
"The firings of the couple came after the Sept. 19 fire heavily damaged their home on Maitland Street in East Meadow. Internal Affairs began investigating the fire when Tanya Rodriguez reported her husband missing afterward. According to department records, Javier Rodriguez was quickly located on an Amtrak train in Baltimore by NYPD officers and driven back to New York. It was initially believed by Nassau County authorities that the house fire might have been electrical in nature."
Commissioner Jessica Tisch dismissed Javier Rodriguez, 43, and his wife, Patrol Officer Tanya Rodriguez, for willfully refusing to answer Internal Affairs investigators. Javier Rodriguez, a 20-year veteran, was found guilty of administrative charges and dismissed Oct. 31; he did not appear for his October trial and was tried in absentia. Tanya Rodriguez was dismissed in a decision dated Oct. 17 after a judge found her guilty of similar charges. The terminations followed a Sept. 19 home fire in East Meadow; Internal Affairs opened an investigation after Tanya reported her husband missing and he was located on an Amtrak train in Baltimore. Authorities initially suspected an electrical cause, but records indicate a verbal dispute occurred prior to the fire.
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