{"active":false,"first_name":"John","last_name":"Sylvestre","race":"White","gender":"Male","rank":"DT3","command":{"command":"BOMB SQ","assignment_date":"2020-10-19","id":"21"},"shield_no":242,"ended_date":"2022-06-02","taxid":"931290","complaint_ids":[201900290,201602376,201406456,201406363,200703414,200605624],"command_history":[{"command":"013 PCT","id":"13pct"},{"command":"ESS 07","id":"ESS7"}],"appt_date":"2002-07-01","middle_initial":"P","shield_no_history":[11909],"lawsuits":[{"name":"Salamon, Bassem vs City of Ny, et al.","start_date":"2019-06-25","disposition_date":"2025-08-04","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"Order/Judgment (Verdict)","docket":"709599/2019","court":"Supreme Court - Queens","summary":"On August 14, 2018,  at approximately 3:00 p.m., Plaintiff was  parking his vehicle when he was intentionally rammed into, head-on, by a large truck owned by the NYPD.\n\nThen, a unidentified NYPD Officer who was operating NYPD VI (\"V1 OFFICER\") exited his vehicle, drew his weapon, and began approaching Plaintiff. After, Police Officer Detective John P. SYLVESTRE arrived in a different vehicle, and approached Plaintiff's vehicle with his weapon drawn. They reached over Plaintiff's lap to unlatch his seatbelt and and forcefully removed Plaintiff from the vehicle and slammed him to the pavement. The Officers did not command Plaintiff to exit the vehicle.\n\nWhile Plaintiff was lying on the pavement, DET. SYLVESTRE and V1 OFFICER were kicking Plaintiff in the body, pressing Plaintiff's face into the pavement with their boots, and forcefully detaining him with handcuffs. Plaintiff and his car were illegally searched. They denied Plaintiff request for medical asistance to threat injuries from the collision. \n\nLater, Officer ARIAs and others arrived to the scene. After privately talking with DET. SYLVESTRE and V1, he arrested Plaintiff and transported him to 112 Precint. There, other OFFICERS  told Plaintiff \"he would be detained for three days if he continued to ask for medical treatment.\" Plaintiff was finally taken and discharged from the hospital, he remained unlawfully detained through the following morning.\n\nAt the Court, Plaintiff learned that he was being falsely charged with eight charges, including Resisting Arrest, Obstruction, and Fleeing Officer in Motor Vehicle, and Reckless Driving.\n\nPO ARIAS was the Arresting Officer, and he provided sworn deposition with false account of the circumstances\nsurrounding Plaintiff's arrest. Defendants failed to return to Plaintiff certain items of Plaintiff's personal property. Following the August 14, 2018 incident, members of the NYPD created a false MV-104 Police Accident Report.\n\nAll criminal charges filed against Plaintiff were thereafter dismissed.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=pMLlNEqIyZJ0G49A1PAdeQ==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Garcia, Danny vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2018-07-26","disposition_date":"2021-05-07","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"Administrative Closing","docket":"512129/2017E","court":"Supreme Court - Kings","officer_name":"Sylvestre, John P.","summary":"On June 20, 2014, plaintiff was within his vehicle when a truck driven by defendant-NYPD officers, including officers DiMartino, John Sylvester, Kevin Sherman, approached. The defendants turned on their alarms, and jumped out of the truck. The defendants came towards the plaintiff with their guns drawn and ordered the plaintiff out of his vehicle. Defendant-DiMartino proceeded to slap and grab plaintiff on his head, threw plaintiff to the ground, and started slamming his knees into plaintiff's back. Defendant-DiMartino twisted plaintiff's wrists violently, handcuffed plaintiff and accused the plaintiff of \"running from\" the NYPD and being in possession of drugs. Defendant-Martino pushed plaintiff onto a tree, pulled plaintiff's pants down, and performed a search. Defendant-Martino proceeded to kick the plaintiff, laughed at plaintiff, and used derogatory comments to refer to persons of Puerto Rican heritage (plaintiff had an 'I Love Puerto Rico' keychain at the time). Plaintiff was assaulted for forty-five (45) minutes in the street as a crowd formed. Defendant Sylvester repeatedly told plaintiff to \"ask me for any favors\". Defendants Sylvester, Sherman, and another NYPD Officer were present and failed to intervene. While awaiting an NYPD-transport vehicle, Defendant-Martino took everything out of plaintiff's car.\n\nThe plaintiff was transported to the 72nd precinct. The plaintiff was told by the NYPD that he was being arrested for a warrant and a suspended license. These charges were substantiated through the defendant's bad faith filing of an accusatory instrument. The plaintiff was falsely imprisoned for one (1) day in the holding cell at the 72nd Precinct. On June 21, 2014, the plaintiff was released from the 72nd Precinct.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=BUpSYWqA_PLUS_t7qSb0ECqt0Ag==","type":"complaint"}]},{"officer_name":"Sylvestre, John P.","disposition":"Settlement","start_date":"2016-05-24","disposition_date":"2020-10-01","court":"Supreme Court - Kings","docket":"515435/2016","name":"Greene, Frank W. vs Akonor, Daniel, et al.","payout_amount":40000},{"officer_name":"Sylvestre, John P.","disposition":"Settlement","start_date":"2016-05-13","disposition_date":"2018-12-07","court":"Supreme Court - Kings","docket":"507534/2016","name":"Jean-Gilles, Jean vs City of New York, et al.","payout_amount":12500},{"name":"Williams, William vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2014-09-15","disposition_date":"2018-02-09","payout_amount":67500,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"14CV05391","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Sylvestre, John P.","summary":"On June 17, 2014, Plaintiff was injured in a motor vehicle accident in Kings County, New York. Plaintiff was thrown off his motorcycle and remained immobile after the accident at the scene. NYPD officers—including PO John Sylvestre, PO Michael DeGregorio, PO Bobby Mohip, PO Kevin Shepherd, Sgt. Jessica Gavars, Detective Christopher Clarke, and Detective Duane Percy— responded to the scene. The defendant officers placed handcuffs on Plaintiff, while he was lying on the street. The officers placed Plaintiff in a neck brace and turned him over, so he was face down on the pavement, on a stretcher. PO Sylvestre then punched the right side of Plaintiff’s face, causing the left side of his head to strike the pavement. This fractured Plaintiff’s skull and jaw and put Plaintiff into a coma. Plaintiff remained in a coma for ten days. None of the officers reported the incident. Plaintiff is permanently disabled from the incident.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.360721/gov.uscourts.nyed.360721.16.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/13439333/williams-v-city-of-new-york/"},{"officer_name":"Sylvestre, John P.","disposition":"Zero Disposition","start_date":"2007-02-20","disposition_date":"2015-06-10","court":"Supreme Court - New York","docket":"101664/2007","name":"Richards, James vs City of New York, et al.","payout_amount":0}],"documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21029292-sylvestre-a4c9f965062beed746e14a504a638641be4bf460","type":"brady-giglio"}],"news":[{"url":"https://nypost.com/2023/11/11/metro/nypds-bomb-squad-sue-nyc-for-75-over-covid-vaccine-mandate/","title":"NYPD Bomb Squad members sue NYC for $75M, claim COVID vax mandate ended careers","source":"New York Post","date":"2023-11-11"}],"id":"4TZD","url":"https://www.50-a.org/officer/4TZD"}