By Allan Lengel
ticklethewire.com
A New York City police sergeant was charged with accessing without authoritization an FBI computer to assist someone in a child custody proceeding, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced Thursday.
Sgt. Haytham Khalis, 34, of Brooklyn, surrendered to federal authorities Thursday morning.
According to federal court documents, the Royal Canadian Mounted police told the FBI legal attache in Ottawa that it had come across a Canadian citizen who had a document containing information from the FBI’s National Crime Information Center (NCIC).
The Canadian authorities traced the document to an NYPD officer, authorities said. The police department then narrowed it down to Khalis.