{"active":false,"first_name":"Ariel","last_name":"Guzman","race":"Hispanic","gender":"Male","rank":"PO","command":{"command":"052 PCT","assignment_date":"2017-08-28","id":"52pct"},"shield_no":11129,"ended_date":"2023-05-02","taxid":"960630","complaint_ids":[202201472,202003418,202004452],"appt_date":"2016-01-06","lawsuits":[{"name":"Santiago, Joshua vs City of Ny, et al.","start_date":"2023-10-06","disposition_date":"2024-10-02","payout_amount":35000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"815678/2023E","court":"Supreme Court - Bronx","summary":"On September 21 2022 while the Plaintiff was on his way to his local convenience store, he was unlawfully stopped by PO Christopher Boland, Ariel Guzman, and John Doe. After stopping the Plaintiff, the three PO proceeded to cuff and arrest him. The Plaintiff was not engaging in unlawful conduct nor in possession of a controlled substance or selling any such substance. He was transported to the 52nd Precinct and held in a cell with several male prisoners for several hours. The Plaintiff was then taken to Central Booking before being released on September 22 2022.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=7mSk9uRn1eSYyPxT7kEQhQ==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Vargas, Hector vs City of Ny","start_date":"2022-06-03","disposition_date":"2022-12-21","payout_amount":85000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"808323/2022E","court":"Supreme Court - Bronx","summary":"On November 2, 2021, around 6:00 PM, Plaintiff Hector Vargas was racially profiled and stopped near West Fordham Road and Andrews Avenue, Bronx, by Defendant Officers Ariel Guzman, Amadeo Oktrova, Edgar Rivera, John Doe, John Roe, and Gina Mestre. Defendant Officers assaulted Plaintiff in the head, neck, back, body, and limbs. Plaintiff was taken to the 52nd precinct and strip searched before his arraignment.  Plaintiff was incarcerated for over 24 hours before he was released (unclear if pre-arraignment), and the charges were eventually terminated.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=EMhBOd_PLUS_Fx8/gMnsH9zpK9w==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Franco, Jorge, et Al vs City of Ny","start_date":"2022-05-24","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"807837/2022E","court":"Supreme Court - Bronx","summary":"On April 27, 2021, the Defendants MARK AEIRA, JAMES LINDQUIST, JAMES O'BRIEN, GREGORY SCOTT, ARIEL GUZMAN, ROBERT GLENN. MARK PREIRA and other unknown Police Officers stopped, frisked, searched, grabbed, assaulted, battered, and detained the Plaintiffs in an aggressive and excessive manner and without probable cause or any other legal justification.  These illegal stops and searches were based solely on the basis of age and race whereas the Plaintiffs were lawfully present at the vicinity and were not tenants or owners of the apartment and no contraband was present in plain view.  Resulting of these violent  arrets, Plaintiffs suffered great and permanent bodily injuries. Plaintiffs were then falsely accused of crimes and incarcerated for over 24 hours. Finally, all charges against them were terminated favorably.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=6F7f9uKAu_PLUS_eW_PLUS_oC59A5kww==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Rodriguez, Francesmarie vs City of Ny","start_date":"2021-04-02","disposition_date":"2022-04-27","payout_amount":35000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"805419/2021E","court":"Supreme Court - Bronx","summary":"On February 14, 2020 Plaintiff was in the vicinity of Jerome Ave. and East Gun Hill Rd. in the Bronx when Defendant Officers, without justification or warrant, stopped, frisked, searched, and detained Plaintiff in an aggressive and excessive manner. Plaintiff was falsely arrested, remained incarcerated for over 24 hours, and was required to make numerous court appearances over an extended period of time until all charges against her were dismissed.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=ydMQLF9j3OG0KdnVQMtskA==","type":"complaint"}]},{"officer_name":"Guzman, Ariel","disposition":"Settlement","start_date":"2019-01-08","disposition_date":"2019-09-17","court":"Civil Court - Queens","docket":"039850/2018","name":"Geico General Insurance Company A/s/o Hernandez, Mario vs City of New York, et al.","payout_amount":3792.83}],"image":"https://www.50-a.org/images/officer/3597-ariel-guzman.jpg","id":"3597","url":"https://www.50-a.org/officer/3597"}