FBI, NYPD carry out searches tied to bribery investigation into current and former NYPD officials

The FBI, New York Police Department and the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York carried out searches across New York City on Wednesday morning as part of a bribery investigation into current and former members of the NYPD.

The searches stemmed from an ongoing probe into the conduct of former NYPD Chief of Department Jeffrey Maddrey, a source told CBS News. 

The search warrants executed Wednesday morning, including at Maddrey's home, are part of a joint FBI and NYPD probe into Maddrey and focused on bribery allegations, according to two senior law enforcement officials in New York. Maddrey is being probed as part of allegations he accepted bribes in exchange for favors, promotions and assignment, sources say.

Another probe involves James McCarthy, the current assistant chief and commanding officer of the Manhattan South precinct, and former Deputy Commissioner of Public Information Tarik Sheppard, who retired last year. McCarthy's duties have been modified and he's been transferred and replaced by NYPD Assistant Chief Melissa Eger, an NYPD spokesperson told CBS News.

The probe, involving the NYPD's Internal Affairs Division, is part of an effort by NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch to root out corruption in the agency.

"When I became Police Commissioner, I promised New Yorkers that under my leadership the NYPD would conduct itself with integrity and that there would be a thorough investigation of any claim that members of service failed to meet that standard," Tisch said in a statement.

Arrests made in another NYC federal bribery case

In a separate investigation not involving the NYPD, Frank Carone, the former chief of staff to former New York City Mayor Eric Adams, was arrested by the FBI on Wednesday morning at his residence in Manhattan on bribery-related charges stemming from a city contract, according to law enforcement sources. 

A grand jury indictment containing the charges is expected to be unsealed later Wednesday in the Eastern District of New York.

Also arrested Wednesday morning as part of the alleged scheme was Carone's brother, Anthony; Yan Po Zhu, a Queens New York hotel owner; and an employee of the hotel, sources said. 

This is a developing story and will be updated.