Former NYC transit cop wanted in wife's murder in custody after standoff
PAWLING, N.Y. -- A former New York City transit officer wanted in connection with his wife's murder is in custody following a standoff with state troopers, reports CBS New York.
Paul Leitgeb, 49, was armed with a box cutter and threatening to harm himself and police when he was found in a densely wooded area near the Appalachian Trail in Pawling on Tuesday afternoon, New York State Police said in a press release.
The retired officer was taken into custody after a "prolonged" standoff with troopers, police said. He was then transported to the hospital in nearby Poughkeepsie with self-inflicted lacerations.
Police had been looking for Leitgeb since his wife, 42-year-old Tricia Odierna, was found dead in her Lake Grove home last Thursday.
Relatives said Odierna was the mother of 7-year-old twins -- Alicia and Jake -- and had also taken in three nephews after the death of one of her sisters.