New York Post July 11, 2008
A veteran cop emphatically denied yesterday that his wife shot and killed a Brooklyn ex-con who had roughed up his 13-year-old daughter, saying it was a case of mistaken identity.
"My wife did not do this crime. I know they have the wrong person," Arnold Nickey, who has been with the NYPD for 14 years, told The Post.
"It's not true. It's not true," insisted Nickey, who is assigned to the 73rd Precinct in Brooklyn. "I know my wife. She is not capable of doing anything like that."
Nickey's wife, Veronica, a nurse, was arrested Tuesday night and charged with killing Ellison Butler, 22, on June 27 in Lincoln Terrace Park, a half-block from the Nickeys' Crown Heights home.
A source said Veronica walked up to Butler, whose nickname was "Rhino," and blasted him in the chest with a .380-caliber handgun, screaming, "That's what you get for messing with my children. That's what you get for messing with my daughter."
The mother was enraged because two weeks earlier, Butler had gotten into an argument with her daughter in the park, followed her home and grabbed her in front of her house, the source said.
Butler, who spent 45 days in Rikers Island for assault last fall, died at Kings County Hospital.
Veronica, 42, was held without bail yesterday after her arraignment on murder and weapons-possession charges in Brooklyn Supreme Court. The murder weapon has not been found.
In addition to their 13-year-old daughter, Arnold Nickey and his wife have two sons, ages 10 and 16.
The mom and kids live in Delaware during the week, returning to Crown Heights on weekends and in the summer.
The cop told The Post that on Tuesday night, police knocked on his door and asked him if his wife was named Veronica.
"They were just looking for someone named Veronica," he said.
Nickey said that neither his wife nor his daughter mentioned anything about the altercation with Butler.
"It's news to me," he said. "I don't know anything about that. I didn't hear anything about that."
"My wife doesn't know this guy. I don't know this guy. My daughter probably saw him at the park," he added.
Nickey, who has two 9 mm pistols registered in his name, said he doesn't own a .380-caliber handgun and has no idea where his wife might have gotten one.
He quoted his daughter as saying of her mom, "Of course she didn't do it."
This is what is going to happen more and more as people lose faith in the law. When these idoits were rousted and got a beat down during Guliani time, the streets got a lot safer. The people who live there know who the bad actors are and won't bat an eye when they get theirs. But sometimes the fustration can build up and bad shit happens. I am up for jury duty and if I get her case there is no way I will convict. This douchebag got what he deserved.
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Of course she did it but I can't imagine her getting anything more than a slap on the wrist for this. Not if the jurors are human. That's the catch.
Hey some times a "Bronx" jury works for you. In this case she is going to walk. The guy was bad news and they will put girl after girl that he assaulted on the stand. She proably won't even get charged.
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