NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) --Legendary NYPD Detective Sgt. Joseph Coffey, who worked on some of the city's most high-profile cases, died Sunday of lung cancer. He was 77. Coffey knew he wanted to be a ...

Legendary NYPD Detective Sgt. Joseph Coffey, whose storybook crime-busting career spanned locking up gangsters, interviewing Son of Sam serial killer David Berkowitz, and dancing with First Lady ...

Joseph Coffey, a tough-as-nails cop whose ... He worked numerous high-profile capers in a storied career as a NYPD detective before taking on a second career as a mob-buster for the State ...

When NYPD Detective Joe Coffey collared Sirico in 1971 for trying to shake down a nightclub owner, Sirico tried to resist arrest – and ended up with a broken nose. According to Coffey ...

An allegedly crooked FBI agent once made the stunning accusation that legendary NYPD crimebuster Joe ... detective a “bad cop.” “It’s laughable because it’s absolutely outrageous ...