Beloved Manhattan homicide detective – who investigated brutal, random Randall’s Island beating – retires from NYPD after 4 decades

New York Post
By Larry Celona, Amanda WoodsJul 24, 2025, 6:00 am247 ptsTop
Detective Charles Freitag, of Long Beach, ceremonially walked out of the 23rd Precinct Friday – the same stationhouse where he’d worked as both an officer and detective for 30 out of his 42 years on the job.

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