{"active":false,"first_name":"Lesly","last_name":"Lafontant","race":"Black","gender":"Male","rank":"POM","command":{"command":"073 PCT","assignment_date":"1999-02-19","id":"73pct"},"shield_no":2397,"ended_date":"2021-05-03","taxid":"921480","complaint_ids":[201909497,200901496,200814802,200204396],"appt_date":"1998-07-01","middle_initial":"A","lawsuits":[{"name":"Ashun-Bartley, Ama as Administrator of The Estate of Ashun, Kwesi, et al.","start_date":"2020-10-22","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"519793/2020","court":"Supreme Court - Kings","officer_name":"LaFontant, Lesly A.","summary":"On October 25, 2019, Kwesi Ashun was involved in a fatal incident at the Goldmine Nail Salon in Brooklyn, New York. The lawsuit, brought by Ama Ashun-Bartley as the proposed administratrix of Kwesi Ashun's estate, alleges that officers from the New York City Police Department (NYPD), including Police Officers Joseph Leon and Lesley Lafontant, as well as other unnamed officers, used excessive and unjustified force against Kwesi Ashun.\n\nThe complaint states that Officer Leon assaulted Ashun with a Taser, and Officer Lafontant fired six gunshots, resulting in Ashun's death. Ashun was reportedly attempting to intervene during the arrest of another individual inside the nail salon when the officers allegedly escalated the situation. The City of New York is also named in the lawsuit, with claims of negligence in training, hiring, and supervision, which are said to have contributed to the unconstitutional actions of the officers.\n\nAs a result of these actions, Kwesi Ashun sustained severe injuries and suffered conscious pain before dying at the scene.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=rAM2SfBVFKNd8hkOu81_PLUS_Hg==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Gill, Kevin, et al. vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2015-09-30","disposition_date":"2017-03-23","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"Zero Disposition","docket":"15CV05513","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"LaFontant, Lesly","summary":"Defendant Officers forcefully entered Plaintiff's home and searched it. Plaintiff called the 73rd Precinct to make a formal complaint but Defendant Officers Mizra and Anton refused to accept it. On another occasion, Defendant Officers stopped Plaintiff, asked him for ID, searched him, and then let him go. On a third occasion, Plaintiff was stopped ad arrested by Defendant Officers, brought to the 73rd Precinct under an alleged warrant. Any charges and outcomes are not specified.","documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/5378994-Gill-et-al-v-City-of-New-York-et-al"},{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.375669.30.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4324806/gill-v-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Tucker et al v. City of New York et al","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","payout_amount":45000,"disposition":"Settlement","summary":"Defendant Officers approached Plaintiff 1 as he was about to enter his home, demanded to go inside, and Officer Luti pushed him. After Plaintiff 2 witnessed this and was intimidated, he allowed officers to enter the home. Officer Luti put Plaintiff 1 in a headlock while Officer Rodriguez repeatedly punched him. Officers continued to assault him, then handcuffed him, brought him to the 73rd Precinct, and charged him with OGA, Resisting Arrest, Attempted Assault in the Third Degree, and Harassment in the Second Degree, which were all eventually dismissed.","documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4919080-Tucker-et-al-v-City-of-New-York-et-al"},{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4919081-Tucker-et-al-v-City-of-New-York-et-al"}],"docket":"10CV04403","officer_name":"Lesly A. Lafontant"}],"documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21025087-lafontant-80a173db962ac9d951a4062a614db0ca5b9c1f52","type":"brady-giglio"}],"image":"https://www.50-a.org/images/officer/4L73-lesly-lafontant.jpg","news":[{"url":"https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-local-correspondents/bridging-the-divide-between-the-police-and-the-policed","title":"Bridging the Divide Between the Police and the Policed","source":"The New Yorker","date":"2021-04-28"}],"id":"4L73","url":"https://www.50-a.org/officer/4L73"}