{"active":true,"first_name":"Samantha","last_name":"Sturman","race":"Hispanic","gender":"Female","rank":"DTS","command":{"command":"084 PCT","assignment_date":"2020-01-29","id":"84pct"},"shield_no":3035,"taxid":"947521","complaint_ids":[202304669,202106307,202105089,201104248,201101074],"command_history":[{"command":"PBBS","id":"PBBS"},{"command":"070 PCT","id":"70pct"}],"appt_date":"2008-07-08","middle_initial":"E","shield_no_history":[1789],"lawsuits":[{"name":"Mobarak, Ahmed vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2023-06-27","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"518718/2023","court":"Supreme Court - Kings","officer_name":"Sturman, Samantha","summary":"On October 18, 2012, Defendant Detective Samantha Sturman and other several defendant officers approached Plaintiff AHMED MOBARAK, absent probable cause, and began unlawfully searching him. Defendant officers pinned Plaintiff's arms behind his back, and put metal handcuffs on his wrist. Plaintiff was subjected to unlawful pat-down searches, during which the defendant officers dropped a firearm on the ground and claimed it belonged to the Plaintiff; Plaintiff vehemently denied any knowledge or possession of any firearm. Thereafter, Plaintiff was transported against his will to the 70th Precinct. Plaintiff was subjected to an unlawful arrest, detention, and excessive use of force by defendant Police Officers. \n\nPlaintiff was arraigned in criminal court, wrongfully charged with criminal possession of a weapon, his bail was set, and he was remanded to Rikers Island Correctional Facility, where he remained for approximately forty-eight (48) hours until he was released on bail. After his indictment for the alleged crimes, Plaintiff was offered a plea deal during trial for a lesser charge in exchange for one year of incarceration at Rikers. Plaintiff plead guilty, based on his public defender’s advice, even though he was innocent, to avoid fifteen years in prison.\n\nUpon taking the plea deal, Plaintiff was remanded to Rikers Island Correctional Facility where he remained until his release on or about May of 2013. Plaintiff spent approximately eight months on Rikers Island, out of the one-year sentence, due to credit for good time behavior while incarcerated. All charges against the Plaintiff were dismissed and sealed on or around September 7, 2022, when the King’s County District Attorney’s Office vacated his conviction after an investigation into police misconduct and false criminal charges made by defendant officers.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=aBLxO4WIVspArtoI26g4aw==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Mobarak, Ahmed vs City of Ny, et al.","start_date":"2023-06-27","disposition_date":"2026-07-01","payout_amount":175000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"518178/2023","court":"Supreme Court - Kings"},{"name":"Sherwood, Justin vs City of Ny, et al.","start_date":"2023-01-19","disposition_date":"2023-02-10","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"Zero Disposition","docket":"23CV00282","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","documents":[{"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.491143/gov.uscourts.nyed.491143.10.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/66733913/sherwood-v-the-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Sherwood, Justin vs City of Ny et al.","start_date":"2022-12-16","disposition_date":"2023-09-28","payout_amount":156500,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"22CV07505","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","summary":"On August 13, 2021, the Plaintiff received a phone call from PO Reis after filing complaints regarding illegally parked vehicles near the 84th Precinct. \nOn August 26, 2021, the Plaintiff made additional complaints. Soon after, Det. Sturman called the Plaintiff, and an argument occurred between the two parties ending with Det. Sturman telling the Plaintiff \"Stop calling, dickhead!\"\nOn September 10, 2021, the Plaintiff noticed several illegally parked vehicles again, and submitted photographs/separate complaints to NYPD. PO Madera pretended to be a NYC 311 operator (the service that receives the initial complaints) and told the Plaintiff he might be banned from submitting additional complaints going forward. \nOn October 18, 2021, the Plaintiff submitted 11 more complaints to the city about illegally parked vehicles. All of these complaints were falsely claimed to have been responded to. Later, the Plaintiff received a text from an unknown number that said \"Keep f---ing around.\" The Plaintiff received 8 calls from a blocked number that continued to call, despite the Plaintiff declining each time. Throughout the course of this period, the Plaintiff endured verbal Harassment from the Defendants.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.489763/gov.uscourts.nyed.489763.26.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/66627211/sherwood-v-the-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Fortune, Mario, et al. vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2015-03-27","disposition_date":"2017-02-22","payout_amount":68500,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"15CV01539","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Sturman, Samantha","summary":"Defendant Officers pulled up to this block, demanded to see everyone's ID, and started arresting every African American male on the block. Plaintiffs were taken to the 70th Precinct and. some were strip-searched. Plaintiff 1 and 2 were charged with dis con and consumption of alcohol in public. Plaintiff 3 was charged with dis con and OGA. Plaintiff 4 was charged with  two counts of disorderly conduct and one count of marijuana possession. Plaintiff 5 was charged with two counts of disorderly conduct in addition to one count of a health code violation for allegedly spitting on the ground. Plaintiff 6 was charged with dis con. All charges were dismissed or ACD'd.","documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4922141-Fortune-et-al-v-City-of-New-York-et-al"},{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.367887.35.0.pdf","type":"complaint"},{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4922142-Fortune-et-al-v-City-of-New-York-et-al"},{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4922143-Fortune-et-al-v-City-of-New-York-et-al"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4324235/fortune-v-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Burton, Austin, et al. vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2014-05-12","disposition_date":"2015-02-02","payout_amount":30000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"14CV02902","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Sturman, Samantha","summary":"On March 22, 2014, at approximately 11:00 pm, Plaintiffs, Austin Burton, Kenny Dorcean, Edwin Gonzalez, Tyquan Jackson, Marvingt Julien, Rashed McNeil and Dady Michel were congregating with their friend James Landers at 636 East 21st Street, Unit 12, Brooklyn, New York, 11226. James Landers is the legal tenant of the subject premises. On March 22, 2014, at approximately 11:30 pm., James Landers vacated the premises for the purposes of going to the corner deli. On March 22, 2014, at approximately 11:40 pm, James Landers returned to the subject premises and observed Defendant NYPD Officers Michael Temperino, Wilson Caro and Samantha Struman listening at the front doorway of the subject premises. As James Landers attempted to enter the subject premises he was stopped by Defendant NYPD Officers Michael Temperino, Wilson Caro and Samantha Struman and asked to provide identification. As James Landers was removing his identification the defendant officers forcefully took the key to subject premises from James Landers' person. The defendant officers than proceeded to enter into the subject premises without James Landers' consent.  Upon entering the premises, the defendant officers placed the plaintiffs under arrest and performed a search of each of the named plaintiffs. The searches performed involved strip-searching and checking their body cavities. During each of the searches, each of the individual plaintiffs were instructed to lie on the floor and were then kicked by Defendant Temperino and Caro. All defendants then searched the subject premises, where no contraband, weapons or illegal substances were found. No contraband, weapon or illegal substances were found on any of the plaintiffs' persons either. James Lander repeated to the defendant officers that the plaintiffs had permission to be in his house. After the defendants placed the plaintiffs under arrest and relocated them to the 70th Precinct and placed them in a holding cell, a strip-search was done of all plaintiffs. Despite the plaintiffs repeated requests, the defendants would not advise the plaintiffs of their arrest charges. Then the plaintiffs were then “chain-ganged” with hand and leg cuffs in preparation for their transport to Central Booking. Upon exiting the 70th Precinct station house, and as direct result of their being “chain-ganged” together, the Plaintiffs tripped and fell down the stairs outside of the 70th Precinct station house. Plaintiffs were then transported from the 70th Precinct to central booking. The defendant officers then wrote arrest reports alleging each plaintiff were in violation of Penal Law § 260.24 (Endangering Incompetent in the Second Degree) and Penal Law § 140.10 (Criminal Trespass in the Third Degree). On March 23, 2013, the plaintiffs were arraigned in the Criminal Court of the City of New York, County of Kings and the matters were adjourned in contemplation of dismissal.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.356267/gov.uscourts.nyed.356267.10.0_1.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4323362/burton-v-the-city-of-new-york/"}],"discipline":[{"disposition_date":"2023-03-06","case_no":"2022-27535","recommendation":"Training","allegations":[{"desc":"Wrongfully discourteous to an individual known to the Department."},{"desc":"Wrongfully used offensive language."}]},{"disposition_date":"2022-12-19","case_no":"2022-27277","penalty":"Vacation days (5 days)","charges":[{"desc":"Discourtesy.","disposition":"Pleaded Guilty"}]}],"documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21029229-sturman-e387f8259524b54c66b19bfb90fed37f67051d01","type":"brady-giglio"},{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/22085609-seh_947521","type":"employment-history"}],"payroll":{"salary":"119980","regular":"115753","overtime":"8775","other":"18815","total":"143343"},"news":[{"url":"https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2023/09/28/city-pays-150k-to-settle-suit-over-cops-who-harassed-man-who-reported-police-parking-misconduct","title":"City Pays $150K to Settle Suit Over Cops Who Harassed Man Who Reported Police Parking Misconduct","source":"Streetsblog","date":"2023-09-28"},{"url":"https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2021/10/18/bad-cop-bad-cop-nypd-threatens-tipster-for-filing-311-complaints-about-illegal-parking/","title":"BAD COP, BAD COP: NYPD Threatens Tipster for Filing 311 Complaints About Illegal Parking","source":"Streetsblog NYC","date":"2021-10-18"}],"id":"5UTP","url":"https://www.50-a.org/officer/5UTP"}