{"active":false,"first_name":"Richard","last_name":"Pengel","race":"White","gender":"Male","rank":"DT3","command":{"command":"025 DET","id":"25det"},"shield_no":4240,"ended_date":"2020-07-06","taxid":"933161","complaint_ids":[201807156,201603241,201301737,201212329,201201952,201012180,200817860,200813448,200711700],"command_history":[{"command":"032 PCT","id":"32pct"},{"command":"032 DET","id":"32det"},{"command":"DBMN OP","id":"496"}],"appt_date":"2003-07-01","lawsuits":[{"name":"Lovell, Latroya vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2017-11-06","disposition_date":"2024-11-19","payout_amount":200000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"158634/2017","court":"Supreme Court - New York","officer_name":"Pengel, Richard","summary":"On December 23, 2015, the plaintiff, Latroya Lovell, and her 1-year old son were robbed by two masked men at gunpoint when they were about to enter the door of her then-boyfriend's apartment in New York, and ransacked the apartment. The robbers stole the plaintiff's phone and wallet. After the robbers left, the plaintiff borrowed a neighbor's phone to call 911, after which the defendants arrived and met the plaintiff in the hallway outside the apartment. The plaintiff informed the defendants that she had been robbed. When the defendants asked for consent to enter and search the apartment, the plaintiff informed that she didn't consent because she could not consent since she did not live or own the apartment. The defendants told her that it was 'suspicious' that she would not let them enter the apartment, and then entered and searched the apartment without consent or warrant. The defendants then detained the plaintiff and told her that she needed to come with them to canvass the neighborhood to see if she could identify the robbers. The plaintiff and her son were placed in the back of an NYPD vehicle and driven directly to the 32nd Precinct. \nAt the 32nd Precinct, the defendants placed the plaintiff and her son in an interrogation room and questioned her for two hours, during which the defendants attempted to pressure her to implicate her then boyfriend in various crimes, but the plaintiff informed the defendants that she was unaware that the boyfriend engaged in any criminal activities. The defendants then informed the plaintiff that she was under arrest for criminal possession of a weapon and reckless endangerment of a child, even though that the defendants did not discover any drugs, weapons from her custody. Prior to the arrest, the defendants informed the plaintiff that they would release her without charge if she would provide them with information about the boyfriend's alleged criminal activities. The plaintiff was placed into a cell at the precinct and the defendants provided their account of the interactions with the plaintiff to support probable cause to enter and search the apartment without consent or warrant and for her arrest. The plaintiff was detained for approximately 17 hours and then transported to a hospital against her will, then to central booking for several hours before arraigned in criminal court before getting bail. The plaintiff was unable to make bail and sent to Riker's Island for approximately 24 hours before being released. The charges against the plaintiff were all dismissed in their entirety on June 30, 2016. The plaintiff were forced to postpone her final semester of undergraduate study and also had to defer her start date for master's degree program as a result.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=QOeJI71x6GFBPNmoD26rQg==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Johnson, Deandre vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2015-08-03","disposition_date":"2018-04-16","payout_amount":7500,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"153417/2015","court":"Supreme Court - New York","officer_name":"Pengel, Richard","summary":"On or about January 7, 2014, Plaintiff was informed that his father had been shot by unidentified perpetrators while trying to enter his apartment so he went to the scene and informed Defendant Police Officers John Does #1-10 that he was his son. Defendant Police Officers John Does #1-10 and Detective Richard Pengel offered to drive Plaintiff to the hospital to see his father, but instead transported him to the 25th Precinct and detained him, all the while refusing to provide updates on his father's condition. Defendants also struck Plaintiff. Plaintiff was interrogated about other crimes that had occurred nearby, and was not allowed to leave. Defendant police officers handcuffed Plaintiff to a metal bar in the interrogation room for many hours until he was released just after midnight on January 8, 2014. Then, he learned that Defendant police officers had searched and destroyed his father's apartment. Plaintiff suffered extreme emotional trauma as he was worried about his father.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=/wN2a8lCS0ged_PLUS_Lx5iehCA==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Lawrence, Adrian vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2013-06-04","disposition_date":"2015-11-30","payout_amount":50000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"153291/2013","court":"Supreme Court - New York","officer_name":"Pengel, Richard","summary":"On January 14, 2012, plaintiff was unlawfully pulled over by defendants while driving his vehicle at 152nd St and 8th Ave, NY, NY. Defendants approached the vehicle, and ordered plaintiff and a passenger to exit the vehicle. Plaintiff and passenger were ordered to put their hands in the air and not to move. Plaintiff complied. Defendants ordered plaintiff to the rear of his vehicle, and searched him. Defendants handcuffed, arrested and transported plaintiff to the 32nd precinct. Plaintiff was forced into a bathroom and strip-searched. Defendants provided false information to the DA to induce the DA to file an accusatory instrument against plaintiff. Plaintiff was placed in a holding cell for 12 hours. On January 15, 2012, plaintiff was transported to Manhattan Central Booking. On January 17, 2012, after 3 days, plaintiff was arraigned and charged with Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance. Bail was set for $7,000. Plaintiff was unable to post bail, and was remanded to the Manhattan Detention Center for a week. On January 24, 2012, the case was presented to a grand jury, which found the DA lacked probable cause to prosecute plaintiff and issued a No True Bill. The case was dismissed that day and plaintiff was released. On February 1, 2012, plaintiff was having a conversation with his cousin at 259 W. 152nd St, NY, NY. Defendants approached plaintiff and his cousin, and ordered them to turn around and put their hands against a wall. Defendants frisked plaintiff. On February 3, 2012, plaintiff was walking into his apartment building at 263 W. 152nd St, NY, NY. Defendants approached plaintiff and followed him into the lobby. Defendants frisked plaintiff. Some defendants observed and did nothing to prevent the unlawful actions.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=185j7NNQbIknA7RFHKLXgg==","type":"complaint"}]},{"officer_name":"Pengel, Richard","disposition":"Order/Judgment (Verdict)","start_date":"2011-10-03","disposition_date":"2013-07-01","court":"U.S. District Court - Southern District NY","docket":"11CV05202","name":"Williams, Jimmy vs City of New York, et al.","payout_amount":0,"documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4927931-Williams-v-The-City-of-New-York-et-al"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4349359/williams-v-the-city-of-new-york/"}],"id":"6XKV","url":"https://www.50-a.org/officer/6XKV"}