NYPD cops can be disciplined and even fired for fraternizing with a known felon
By Thomas Tracy | New York Daily News | December 4, 2015
She was sleeping with the enemy, and now she may pay.
A Staten Island cop known as the Marilyn Monroe of the NYPD faces possible internal charges for having a turbulent love affair with an ex-con who served 19 years in prison for killing a man, the Daily News has learned.
The rocky romance between Officer Nancy Heinz, 53, and 48-year-old Mark Liverano came to light after the parolee was busted following a fight with another man inside the Hot Shotz sports bar in Staten Island Friday night.
Heinz — a platinum blond who often likened herself to Monroe, according to people who know her — was inside the bar when the fight broke out.
Liverano ended up facing assault charges, and he apparently violated an order of protection Heinz had filed against him after a previous incident, sources said. She described herself in court papers as Liverano’s ex-girlfriend.
A high ranking police source confirmed that the Internal Affairs Bureau was investigating their relationship, although it was unclear if Heinz knew she was dating a convicted killer.
At her Staten Island home on Thursday afternoon, Heinz declined to comment. Her NYPD uniform and badge could be seen beneath a long coat.
Liverano’s family confirmed the ex-con had dated Heinz from January to July this year. The two appeared happy and had attended family gatherings as a couple, belying his violent past, they said.
But according to Liverano’s sister, Marie Liverano, after the two split, Heinz — who works at the 120th Precinct in Staten Island — would often “taunt him” and goad him into violence.
“She kept seeking him out,” Marie Liverano told the News. “She’s just no good.”
“He was doing everything right until he met her,” Liverano said about her brother’s parole. “He’s just trying to put his life back together.”
Liverano was convicted in the April 14, 1995 shooting death of 37-year-old Richard Boeke — a father of two — as Boeke tried to break up a fight outside the Vegas Diner in Bensonhurst.
Liverano pleaded guilty to manslaughter and was sentenced to 12 1/2 to 25 years in prison. He was paroled in August 2014, court documents say.
He has now been charged with attacking retired cop Michael Davis — a friend of Heinz — during the argument last Friday night. Liverano allegedly struck Davis with a “black pistol-shaped object” that he pulled from his waistband, leaving the retired cop with a deep head gash that needed 17 staples to close, according to court records. He’s also accused of approaching Heinz, lifting up his shirt and flashing what appeared to be a gun.
“I don’t want you in here,” he screamed as he smashed beer bottles, according to the court records. “Fucking leave the bar!”
In a confrontation at another restaurant in September, Liverano spit on Heinz, law enforcement sources said.
According to the NYPD Patrol Guide, cops can be hit with a violation for fraternizing with a known felon. Cops found guilty could face a loss of vacation days or even lose their jobs.
The NYPD did not immediately return a call for comment.
Heinz, who joined the force in 1989, apparently has a bad track record when it comes to men — her former husband is Police Officer Mark Faljean, who in 2004 was convicted of molesting a colleague's wife and sentenced to sex offender treatment, according to court records.
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