Yessenia Jimenez
Yessenia Jimenez
Yessenia Jimenez wearing a NYPD t-shirt
Yessenia Jimenez (born May 10, 1986) is a New York Police Department (NYPD) housing police officer residing in Bronx, New York. In March 2018, Yessenia was arrested after allegedly running a heroin trafficking ring with her boyfriend Luis Soto.
Early Life
Yessenia Jimenez is originally from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. She later moved to New York City and attended Morris High School in Bronx, New York.
Education
Yessenia Jimenez studied at Bronx Community College.
Career
Screenshot of a pro-police Facebook post by Yessenia Jimenez
Yessenia Jimenez joined the NYPD in 2015.
After he arrest in March 2018 she was suspended without pay according to a police spokesman.
Yessenia Jimenez made Facebook posts on her profile of her wearing NYPD t-shirts and hats, and shared several pro-police messages. She also made a post in support of the Blue Lives Matter movement.
Legal Issues
Selfie of Yessenia Jimenez
On Tuesday, March 13, 2018 Yessenia Jimenez and her boyfriend Luis Soto were arrested on drug trafficking and weapon possession charges, as part of a larger investigation into heroin trafficking from Mexico into New York. According to federal authorities, Yessenia was caught with $25,000 in drug money, stuffed in a purse with her service weapon.
Federal prosecutors said the pair turned their apartment in The Bronx into a drug stash house and that Yessenia Jimenez traveled to Massachusetts with Luis Soto for an “important stop” with a heroin trafficker.
The Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) began investigating Yessenia Jimenez and Luis Soto, after finding Luis's phone number on the cell phone of a narcotics trafficking suspect from Queens, New York.
Soto made the trip to Massachusetts on Sunday, March 11, 2018 and headed back to New York City at about 10:30 p.m., authorities said.
At 2 a.m. on Tuesday, March 13, 2018 a joint DEA, NYPD and New York State Police task force stopped Luis Soto's car outside their Boynton Avenue apartment in Soundview, Bronx, after he started unloading bags from his trunk.
Yessenia Jimenez was sitting in the passenger seat, the stuffed purse at her feet, with the handle of her NYPD-issued Glock 9mm gun sticking out.