{"incident_date":"2023-07-04","received_date":"2023-07-24","close_date":"2024-11-19","borough":"Staten Island","precinct":122,"location_type":"Street/highway","contact_reason":"Moving violation","contact_outcome":"Arrest - other violation/crime","disposition":"Substantiated (Charges)","evidence_bwc":true,"evidence_video":true,"precinct_command_id":"122pct","allegations":[{"fado_type":"Discourtesy","allegation":"Word","victim_age_incident":"25-29","victim_gender":"Male","victim_ethnicity":"Black","ccrb_disposition":"Unable to Determine","id":1236473,"officer_id":"BNK5"},{"fado_type":"Abuse of Authority","allegation":"Vehicle stop","victim_age_incident":"25-29","victim_gender":"Male","victim_ethnicity":"Black","ccrb_disposition":"Unable to Determine","id":1236474,"officer_id":"BNK5"},{"fado_type":"Abuse of Authority","allegation":"Threat of arrest","victim_age_incident":"25-29","victim_gender":"Male","victim_ethnicity":"Black","ccrb_disposition":"Unable to Determine","id":1236475,"officer_id":"BNK5"},{"fado_type":"Abuse of Authority","allegation":"Vehicle search","victim_age_incident":"25-29","victim_gender":"Male","victim_ethnicity":"Black","investigator_recommendation":"Substantiated","ccrb_disposition":"Unable to Determine","id":1236482,"officer_id":"VCS7"},{"fado_type":"Abuse of Authority","allegation":"Refusal to provide name","victim_age_incident":"25-29","victim_gender":"Male","victim_ethnicity":"Black","ccrb_disposition":"Substantiated (Formalized Training)","id":1236483,"officer_id":"VCS7"},{"fado_type":"Abuse of Authority","allegation":"Refusal to provide shield number","victim_age_incident":"25-29","victim_gender":"Male","victim_ethnicity":"Black","ccrb_disposition":"Substantiated (Formalized Training)","id":1236484,"officer_id":"VCS7"},{"fado_type":"Abuse of Authority","allegation":"Threat of arrest","victim_age_incident":"25-29","victim_gender":"Male","victim_ethnicity":"Black","investigator_recommendation":"Substantiated","ccrb_disposition":"Within NYPD Guidelines","id":1236485,"officer_id":"VCS7"},{"fado_type":"Abuse of Authority","allegation":"Interference with recording","victim_age_incident":"25-29","victim_gender":"Male","victim_ethnicity":"Black","ccrb_disposition":"Substantiated (Charges)","id":1236486,"officer_id":"BNK5"},{"fado_type":"Abuse of Authority","allegation":"Property damaged","victim_age_incident":"25-29","victim_gender":"Male","victim_ethnicity":"Black","ccrb_disposition":"Officer(s) Unidentified","id":1236487},{"fado_type":"Abuse of Authority","allegation":"Failure to provide RTKA card","victim_age_incident":"25-29","victim_gender":"Male","victim_ethnicity":"Black","ccrb_disposition":"Substantiated (Formalized Training)","id":1250605,"officer_id":"WDVK"}],"penalties":[{"ccrb_disposition":"Substantiated (Charges)","board_recommendation":"Substantiated (Charges)","apu_case_status":"Closed: Retained, without discipline","apu_closing_date":"2025-01-02","nypd_disposition":"APU Closed: Retained, without discipline","officer_id":"BNK5"},{"ccrb_disposition":"Substantiated (Formalized Training)","board_recommendation":"Substantiated (Formalized Training)","nypd_penalty":"Formalized Training","officer_id":"WDVK"},{"ccrb_disposition":"Substantiated (Formalized Training)","board_recommendation":"Substantiated (Formalized Training)","nypd_penalty":"Formalized Training","officer_id":"VCS7"}],"documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25940000-apureport2025q1pdf/#document/p19/a2666951","type":"apu-quarterly-report","officer_ids":["BNK5"]},{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25897751-202306857_redactedclosingreportpdf/","type":"closing-report"},{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25940044-202306857-tax939513-apu-final-documentspdf/","type":"retained-letter","officer_ids":["BNK5"]}],"summary":"On July 04, 2023, at approximately 1:10 AM, Deputy Inspector Stephen Spataro of the 120th Precinct drove on the exit-13 exit ramp for Clove Road in Staten Island with his police vehicle emergency lights activated and [redacted] driving in front of him. DI Spataro passed [redacted] on the right after [redacted] allegedly failed to yield to his emergency lights, and [redacted] honked his vehicle horn at DI Spataro. DI Spataro stopped his vehicle, rolled down his window and allegedly stated, \"It's a police vehicle, you idiot,\" (Allegation A – Discourtesy: [redacted]) [redacted] allegedly tried to pass back in front of DI Spataro's police vehicle and DI Spataro pulled [redacted] vehicle over (Allegation B – Abuse of Authority: [redacted]) Additional officers arrived on scene and DI Spataro threatened to arrest [redacted] (Allegation C – Abuse of Authority: [redacted]) [redacted] exited and stood at the rear of his vehicle and asked Sergeant Paul Dieugenia of Staten Island Narcotics for a business card, which he did not provide (Allegation D – Abuse of Authority: [redacted]) Detective John Weiburg of Staten Island Narcotics opened [redacted] vehicle door while [redacted] was at the rear of his vehicle and shined his flashlight inside the vehicle (Allegation E – Abuse of Authority: [redacted]) [redacted] asked Det. Weiburg for his name and shield number, which he did not provide, and Det. Weiburg threatened to arrest [redacted] (Allegation F, G, and H - Abuse of Authority: [redacted]) [redacted] was then arrested, and DI Spataro ended a video recording on [redacted] cellphone before giving the cellphone to the officers transporting [redacted] back to the 120th Precinct stationhouse (Allegation I – Abuse of Authority: [redacted]) [redacted] was released from the 120th Precinct stationhouse and upon retrieving his vehicle back from police custody, the visor mirror was allegedly cracked (Allegation J – Abuse of Authority: [redacted])","witness_officers":[{"last_name":"Briggs","first_name":"Dwight","officer_id":"A78R"},{"last_name":"Cosenza","first_name":"Anthony","officer_id":"H3JF"},{"last_name":"Dalbero","first_name":"Michael","officer_id":"CNPK"},{"last_name":"Koniarski","first_name":"Michael","officer_id":"JQXH"},{"last_name":"Martino","first_name":"Robert","officer_id":"V8M"},{"last_name":"Negron","first_name":"Candice","officer_id":"WLQB"},{"last_name":"Orourke","first_name":"Christopher","officer_id":"L3MF"},{"last_name":"Pac","first_name":"Kamil","officer_id":"H9DM"},{"last_name":"Reres","first_name":"Vincent","officer_id":"VGPH"},{"last_name":"Scott","first_name":"Vincent","officer_id":"VRB5"},{"last_name":"Siminson","first_name":"Dane","officer_id":"NDC7"},{"last_name":"Spataro","first_name":"Craig","officer_id":"3UD7"}],"id":202306857,"updated_date":"2025-02-09T06:30:52.908Z","url":"https://www.50-a.org/complaint/202306857"}