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

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

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.