‘Cannibal Cop’ Convicted: NY Officer Faces Life in Prison

‘Cannibal cop’ convicted: Gilberto Valle, a New York officer termed the “Cannibal Cop,” was convicted on Tuesday for plotting to carry out a macabre plan involving kidnapping and cannibalism.

View of Federal Courthouse in Manhattan where the trial of New York Police Department officer Gilberto Valle, accused of conspiring to kidnap women that he planned to cook and eat, began Feb. 25, 2013 in New York. Stan Honda/AFP/Getty Images

‘Cannibal cop’ convicted: Gilberto Valle, a New York officer termed the “Cannibal Cop,” was convicted on Tuesday for plotting to carry out a macabre plan involving kidnapping and cannibalism.