New York City EMT busted with firearms, pipe bombs after domestic dispute inside Brooklyn home

FDNY emergency medical technician Victor Cadicamo, 29, was charged with criminal possession of a weapon, harassment and menacing after the morning fight with his wife in their Brighton Beach home, authorities said.


Victor Cadicamo, an FDNY EMT, was arrested and charged with menacing, harassment and criminal possession of a weapon after cops responding to a domestic dispute discovered two pipe bombs and a cache of firearms in his home.

Cops responding to a domestic dispute Thursday between two city EMTs stumbled onto an arsenal of firearms and two pipe bombs hidden in the couple’s Brooklyn home.

FDNY emergency medical technician Victor Cadicamo, 29, was charged with criminal possession of a weapon, harassment and menacing after the morning fight with his wife, authorities said.

The NYPD bomb squad removed the explosives from the Brighton Beach house and dismantled them at Rodmans Neck firing range as a precaution. It wasn’t clear if the PVC pipe bombs were live. The weapons were also confiscated.

Cadicamo’s wife, Christina Liskowitz, also a Fire Department EMT, called 911 about 9:10 a.m. and said her husband had threatened her with a gun.

The couple’s 2-year-old child was in the house when the quarrel erupted, cops said.

While searching the house for the gun Cadicamo was accused of threatening his wife with, police came upon his trove of weapons, officials said. Officers found five firearms and a rifle hidden in the living room and bedroom.

After hauling Cadicamo to the 60th Precinct stationhouse for questioning, he admitted to also having two pipe bombs, cops said. The bomb squad found the explosives around 3:30 p.m. Each had a cap on the ends and black cord attached.

The FDNY declined to comment.

Local 2507 EMS union president Israel Miranda said the investigation was in its early stages and cautioned against a rush to judgment.

Liskowitz and her husband Cadicamo are both EMTs.

“If these allegations are proven true, then appropriate actions will be taken, as deemed necessary,” Miranda said.

In addition to the criminal charges he faces, Cadicamo, a six-year veteran EMT, could lose his job or at the very least be suspended without pay.

But Miranda said it was too early in the investigation and hoped the charges didn’t stain the entire department.

“This investigation shouldn’t detract from the hard work the city’s 3,500 EMS members do every day,” he said.


Officers found five firearms and a rifle.


Cops say they found an arsenal of firearms and two pipe bombs.

Yasir Ullah, 34, who lives above the couple’s apartment, said Cadicamo and his wife are constantly fighting.

“We always heard loud voices. In the morning time, they would slam doors,” Ullah said.

He said the couple had what sounded to be a loud argument Wednesday night.

Ullah said Cadicamo boasted of having a firearm.


Cadicamo’s wife, Christina Liskowitz, also a Fire Department EMT, called 911 and said her husband had threatened her.
“He told my father-in-law, ‘I’m in the police (department) and I have a gun in the home.’ We never saw the gun,” Ullah said.

He was shocked at what police found right under his apartment.

“I can’t believe he has a bomb,” Ullah said.

“He is a nice guy. I cannot believe this.”