Antonio Pizarro Adorno, a former officer with Puerto Rico's Special Investigations Bureau assigned to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, has been sentenced to 15 months in prison. The sentence was handed down by United States District Court Judge Camille Vélez-Rivé. In addition to his prison term, Pizarro Adorno will serve three years of supervised release.
The conviction followed a five-day jury trial that concluded on March 13, 2025. According to court documents and trial evidence, Pizarro Adorno concealed $170 during a law enforcement seizure on April 27, 2023. The money was taken from the Puerto Rico Police Bureau with the intent to compromise its use in an investigation into drug trafficking in San Juan.
U.S. Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow of the District of Puerto Rico announced the sentencing alongside Devin J. Kowalski, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI.
The FBI's San Juan Field Office Public Corruption Unit led the investigation with support from the Department of Homeland Security and the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Marie Christine Amy prosecuted the case.
