Ex-Cop Pleads Not Guilty to Killing 4 Men As FBI Searches For Clues

A retired Hudson Valley cop who’s accused of killing four men pleaded not guilty as the FBI continues to search his home for clues.

On Monday, Tartaglione was charged in a five-count indictment for allegedly killing four men who went missing from Orange County in April and conspiring to sell five kilograms or more of cocaine.

On Tuesday, four dead bodies were found on Otisville property owned by retired Briarcliff Manor cop Nicholas Tartaglione.

Martin Santos-Luna, 41; 25-year-old Miguel Sosa-Luna; Urbano Morales-Santiago, 35; and 32-year-old Hector Gutierrez, all of Middletown, were last seen on April 11 near the Chester Diner.

Their murders allegedly took place during a drug deal near a bar called the Likquid Lounge in Chester, officials say. Some of the men weren’t involved in the alleged drug deal.

On Wednesday, the FBI searched Tartaglione’s home a day after he was arraigned in court on charges stemming from the murders. Agents drove in five tinted vehicles to search Tartaglione's Bloomingburg home, reports the New York Daily News. The FBI didn't comment after searching the property.

It's unclear if the four bodies found on Tartaglione's Otisville farm are of the missing men.