He had been accused of helping members of a drug gang in two robberies, one of which ended in a murder.
A handgun was used in one robbery, in which $800 was taken, the district attorney said.
And in one robbery, he entered a house with other crew members, according to the documents, telling those inside that they were conducting a police raid as they seized a large amount of cash.
According to the Federal Communications Commission, almost one-in-three robberies involve phone theft and the cost to consumers of lost or stolen phones is more than $30 billion each year.
In three robberies, the police say, the two men stole $14,000.
For example, the chart showed that a Serb named Dejan had wired money to a man calling himself Ranko Spahic, who was arrested in 2005 for involvement in six robberies in France.
After his encounter was reported in The Daily News in November, the authorities said that an open partition in the cab was suggestive of a robbery, and that Mr. Battle resembled a person wanted in eight robberies in Bedford-Stuyvesant and East New York, Brooklyn. Bedford-Stuyvesant and East New York, Brooklyn
The officer, Jose Tejada, 45, is accused of taking part in three robberies or attempted robberies in 2006 and 2007, while he was assigned to Harlem and in uniform, federal prosecutors said on Wednesday.
MANHATTAN: PARK ROBBERY SUSPECT -- A suspect in five robberies at gunpoint in Central Park was arrested Sunday evening after a chess player in the park recognized him from a wanted poster, the police said yesterday.
According to the US telecoms regulator, an estimated one in three robberies involve smartphones.
