--- description: The 'Cannibal Cop' was released Tuesday, craving a home-cooked meal. title: Cannibal Cop Looks Forward to Some Home Cooking image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7dda370b4f0b41b9/69869a43169ab0dd4327a2fc/17b611d8a4e6aa19580f6a7067006a92.jpg?branch=production&width=1080&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # 'Cannibal Cop' Says He's Ready for Some Home Cooking by [Hannah Goldberg](/author/hannah-goldberg/) ## Hannah Goldberg Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 2, 2014 1:41 PM CUT  GIlberto Valle, center, leaves Manhattan federal court in New York on Tuesday, July 1, 2014. GIlberto Valle, center, leaves Manhattan federal court in New York on Tuesday, July 1, 2014.Seth Wenig—AP by [Hannah Goldberg](/author/hannah-goldberg/) ## Hannah Goldberg Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 2, 2014 1:41 PM CUT New York’s “Cannibal Cop” was made a free man on Tuesday after almost two years in jail, and is craving his next meal—of the non-human kind. “I’ve been waiting for 21 months to have a home-cooked meal!” Gilberto Valle told the [New York _Post_](http://nypost.com/2014/07/02/cannibal-cop-has-been-fantasizing-about-good-meals-too/ "undefined"). The former NYPD cop was released from custody Tuesday after his conviction of plotting to kidnap, rape, then cook several women was [overturned](http://time.com/2944878/cannibal-cop-conviction-overturned/ "undefined"). Manhattan federal Judge Paul Gardephe dismissed the plot as as gruesome but harmless fantasy, releasing Valle on a $100,000 bond, the _Post_[ reports](http://nypost.com/2014/07/01/cannibal-cop-freed-on-100k-bond-after-judge-vacates-conviction/ "undefined"). Rest assured, Judge Gardephe said, “more likely than not the case that all of Valle’s Internet communications about kidnapping are fantasy role-play.” The Judge’s ruling requires Valle to live with his mother, wearing an electric monitoring anklet. 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