NYPD detective burns 'cheating' husband's clothes

Publish date: 2024-10-04

A detective has been arrested for burning her husband's clothes because she thought he was having an affair. 

Marissa Sorocco, a 37-year-old detective with the New York Police Department, allegedly started a fire in her husband Paul's closet at their home in Plainview, New York.

Firemen rushed there after getting a call at 10.15am on Tuesday but the fire was out when they arrived to find smoldering clothes. 

Marissa Sorocco (pictured with her husband) allegedly stated a fire in her husband Paul's closet at their home in Plainview, New York Marissa Sorocco, a 37-year-old detective with the New York Police Department

Marissa Sorocco (pictured with her husband) allegedly stated a fire in her husband Paul's closet at their home in Plainview, New York

Sorocco was then arrested and later charged with arson in the fifth degree and criminal mischief, according to a police source.   

'The detectives believe she set the fire as revenge for her husband's suspected infidelity,' the source told the New York Post. 

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Former NYPD policeman Paul Sorocco declined to comment when contacted by the paper.

A Nassau County spokeswoman declined to detail charges or confirm that Sorocco was in custody.

Domestic cases are exempt from public records to protect the victim.

Sorocco in uniform Sorocco (pictured with her husband) was  arrested and later charged with arson in the fifth degree and criminal mischief, according to a police source

Sorocco (right with her husband) was  arrested and later charged with arson in the fifth degree and criminal mischief, according to a police source

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