{"active":false,"first_name":"John","last_name":"Ferrara","race":"White","gender":"Male","rank":"SGT","command":{"command":"046 PCT","id":"46pct"},"shield_no":1746,"ended_date":"2020-06-01","taxid":"925280","complaint_ids":[201805360,201502876,201503047,201506188,201404657,201304454,201111979,201108605,200816177,200707554,200613936,200512864,200301371],"command_history":[{"command":"043 PCT","id":"43pct"},{"command":"025 PCT","id":"25pct"},{"command":"NARCBBX"},{"command":"PBBX","id":"PBBX"},{"command":"040 PCT","id":"40pct"}],"appt_date":"2000-03-01","age":51,"lawsuits":[{"name":"Hough, Lamont vs City of Ny, et al.","start_date":"2022-04-19","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"803841/2022E","court":"Supreme Court - Bronx","summary":"On March 12, 2019, Lamont Hough (Plaintiff) unlawfully stopped, questioned, frisked, searched, seized, and falsely arrested/ imprisoned for allegedly having an open bench warrant even though a reasonable police officer viewing the information contained on the purported open Bench Warrant would have recognized that the Bench Warrant was not for plaintiff and was for a different individual. The Bench Warrant was issued for an individual named Quentin Hough, and has a different birth date and physical description from the plaintiff. Defendants were in possession of plaintiff’s identification card issued by New York State which listed his home address and birthdate at the time they arrested plaintiff and knew that the birthdate and address were completely different from the birthdate and address of the individual listed on the bench warrant. Defendants unlawfully handcuffed and falsely arrested plaintiff, without probable cause, placed plaintiff in a patrol car, and transported plaintiff to the 46th Precinct against his will. On March 13, 2019, plaintiff was transported to a courtroom located in the Bronx Hall of Justice, to be returned on the Bench Warrant issued for Quentin Hough. The Court set bail for plaintiff and remanded him into DOC custody under the name Quentin Hough. Plaintiff was unlawfully detained by New York City Department of Corrections at the Vernon C. Bain Center (“VCBC”) under the name Quentin Hough, using Quentin Hough's NYSID number from March 13, 2019 to March 15, 2019. Plaintiff was then returned to a courtroom and it was determined that he was not Quentin Hough and that an error was made. The Court released plaintiff from custody immediately upon learning he was not the defendant named in the case.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=DPQ105mJWtfxzMCJawt8wA==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Alexander, Hans George vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2017-06-05","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"17CV03170","court":"U.S. District Court - Southern District NY","officer_name":"Ferrara, John","url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/6125776/alexander-v-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Thomas, Milton vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2016-05-09","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"020314/2016E","court":"Supreme Court - Bronx","officer_name":"Ferrara, John","summary":"On January 18, 2013, defendant NYPD officers Derek Kiely (Shield No. 0372), Cattani, defendant NYPD sergeant John Ferrara, defendant NYPD detectives Edwin Hernandez and Terry Mill, along with unnamed defendant NYPD officers, entered plaintiff's Bronx apartment while he was asleep and unlawfully seized, searched,  arrested and imprisoned him. Defendant NYPD officers pointed their firearms at plaintiff, approached him an overly aggressive manner, slammed him on the ground and handcuffed him in an unreasonably tight manner. Defendant NYPD officers also handcuffed and detained other occupants of the apartment, including plaintiff's 15 year old daughter.  Thereafter, defendant NYPD officers maliciously prosecuted plaintiff by providing false/incomplete information to the DA's office. All charges against plaintiff were dismissed on July 7, 2014.  Plaintiff suffered physical and emotional injuries as a result of this incident.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=1eR02AW21pjbjEEIqNndeg==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Bah, Mamadou L., vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2016-04-28","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"022840/2016E","court":"Supreme Court - Bronx","officer_name":"Ferrara, John"},{"name":"Faris, Andy vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2015-09-23","disposition_date":"2017-01-30","payout_amount":14000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"15CV07089","court":"U.S. District Court - Southern District NY","officer_name":"Ferrara, John","summary":"As Plaintiff was walking home, Defendant Officers yanked him from the sidewalk, lined him up with 3 individuals he did not know, and searched them. Plaintiff was then taken to the 40th Precinct, strip-searched, and then released the next day through the side door.","documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4922129-Faris-v-City-Of-New-York"},{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.447178.38.0.pdf","type":"complaint"},{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4922130-Faris-v-City-Of-New-York"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4355775/faris-v-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Dollard, Davonte vs City of New York","start_date":"2015-09-09","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"302325/2015","court":"Supreme Court - Bronx","officer_name":"Ferrara, John","summary":"On or about May 20, 2020, plaintiff was on the sidewalk when he observed defendant NYPD officers Nestor Amarantepolanco, Nicholas Rios and John and Jane Doe aggressively questioning a group of young individuals. Because this was a common form of police harassment in plaintiff's neighborhood, he began legally videoing the interaction and did not interfere with the situation in any way. When defendant officers noticed, they aggressively grabbed the plaintiff's arm and told him to leave, to which the plaintiff complied with. However, as the plaintiff walked away, defendant officer Rios approached him from behind, grabbed, pushed, punched, choked and pepper sprayed the plaintiff. Rios then arrested the plaintiff without reasonable or probable cause, but instead because of the plaintiff's recording and monitoring of the defendant officers' conduct. \n\nThe plaintiff was transported in shackles to a hospital to treat his injuries following the battery and assault. After, he was taken back to a precinct whereby the defendant officers maliciously commenced criminal proceedings against him, falsely stating that the plaintiff had resisted arrest and engaged in disorderly conduct. At the plaintiff's arraignment due to the defendant officers' false claims, it was immediately dismissed.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=ZgymZHaCloj2mPYLvQ9iTA==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Peralta, Aneury vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2015-07-02","disposition_date":"2020-02-05","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"Order/Judgment (Verdict)","docket":"15CV04455","court":"U.S. District Court - Southern District NY","officer_name":"Ferrara, John","summary":"Around 9:00 am on May 6, 2011, Mr. Peralta was driving to a funeral with other family members in the car. As Mr. Peralta was going to take a left turn, defendant officer Gliner drove up next to him and signaled for him to pull over. Gliner pulled up next to Mr. Peralta, blocked him in his car, and told him he was under arrest. About 5 more police cars arrived and Gliner handcuffed Mr. Peralta. The officers then transported him to a precinct and held him for several hours. \n\nMr. Peralta called his father and requested he bring him something to eat and drink. The officers never delivered the items to Mr. Peralta after his father dropped them off. His father attempted to deliver the items 3 times but Mr. Peralta never received them. The officers held Mr. Peralta for an entire day without giving him food or water until his arraignment the next day. He was released from custody that next day but was not acquitted of the charges for almost two years.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.443199/gov.uscourts.nysd.443199.3.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/7101654/peralta-v-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Arias, Juan M. vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2013-12-19","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"161050/2013","court":"Supreme Court - New York","officer_name":"Ferrara, John","summary":"On or about August 3rd, 2012, Plaintiff was verbally and physically abused, assaulted and battered by Defendant NYPD police officers, and suffered severe personal injuries as a result. The police officers then handcuffed, falsely arrested, and unlawfully detained plaintiff. The police officers falsely alleged that they had been assaulted by Plaintiff, and/or that Plaintiff had committed crimes against a civilian victim, resulting in Plaintiff being maliciously prosecuted with various penal law violations. Charges against the Plaintiff were dismissed by the Court after Plaintiff was acquitted by the jury.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=NvOsGzzAhg1HDhHM8zvf6w==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Ekukpe v. City Of New York et al","court":"U.S. District Court - Southern District NY","summary":"The plaintiff and his friends were outside the plaintiff's residence when they were approached by the defendant officers. The officers questioned and searched all of them and then told the friends to leave the entrance of the residence. The plaintiff complained and then in response the officers grabbed the plaintiff, choked him, brought him on the ground, kneed him in the back, handcuffed him, and brought the plaintiff to the nearest precinct. The plaintiff was charged with Disorderly Conduct, Harassment, Obstructing Governmental Administration, and Resisting Arrest. The charges were dismissed.","documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4923041-Ekukpe-v-City-Of-New-York-et-al"}],"docket":"16CV05412","officer_name":"John C. Ferrara","url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/6246092/ekukpe-v-city-of-new-york/"}],"id":"4JM3","url":"https://www.50-a.org/officer/4JM3"}