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Acquitted cop sues feds for $17M

A Westchester cop who beat the rap in a criminal civil-rights case sued an FBI agent yesterday for allegedly destroying evidence favorable to him.

José Quinoy’s Manhattan federal court suit seeks $17 million in damages from Agent Catherine Pena and the US government for malicious prosecution.

In 2009, Quinoy, then a cop in Sleepy Hollow, was charged with roughing up two suspects and intimidating a fellow cop who was a witness against him.

A jury cleared Quinoy after a judge ruled that Pena had apparently destroyed secret recordings and lied about it ahead of the trial.