{"active":false,"first_name":"James","last_name":"Ellerbe","race":"American Indian","gender":"Male","rank":"DT3","command":{"command":"MELD","id":"MELD"},"shield_no":2184,"ended_date":"2018-04-02","taxid":"932600","complaint_ids":[201607517,201607286,201406927,200916775,200900872,200511553],"command_history":[{"command":"084 PCT","id":"84pct"},{"command":"NARCBBN","id":"92"}],"appt_date":"2003-07-01","lawsuits":[{"name":"Whitaker, Mondaray vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2019-01-15","disposition_date":"2021-04-09","payout_amount":20000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"18CV06897","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Ellerbe, James","summary":"On August 17, 2016, defendant officers PO Rene Castellano [Sheild # 2610] arrested the plaintiff without cause and charged plaintiff with PL 220.21, PL 265.01, PL 221.05, PL 165.40. However, the plaintiff was not in possession of any controlled substance, weapon, or stolen property and did not commit any offense. Before his arrest, the Plaintiff was fixing a car with his friend and saw police officers enter a house about three buildings away. After arresting one guy inside the building, the officers approached the plaintiff and asked what was going on. After telling the officers he was fixing the car, the officer searched the Plaintiff and found nothing illegal. However, the superior officer instructed the officer to bring the plaintiff to the building where the raid took place. The defendants held the plaintiff and his friend on the steps of the house of the raid and tightly handcuffed them to perform a search of the plaintiff, resulting in finding no contraband on the plaintiff. When asked for the reason of his arrest, the officers claimed that the plaintiff had obstructed their entry into the premises and that they found the plaintiff in the backroom of the house where the raid took place with a backpack full of drugs. However, the plaintiff was actually arrested on the street more than 100 feet from said house.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.426238/gov.uscourts.nyed.426238.1.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/8387323/whitaker-v-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Nelson, Cory, et al. vs Detective Rahman, Waliur, et al.","start_date":"2016-10-06","disposition_date":"2016-11-16","payout_amount":60000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"15CV04988","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Ellerbe, James","summary":"Defendant officers, under the guise of a search warrant, falsely arrested 3 Plaintiffs, placed them in excessively tight handcuffs, and brutalized them. Plaintiffs were taken to the 77th precinct and charged with various crimes.  The DA declined to prosecute 3 of the Plaintiffs. One Plaintiff's case was dismissed at arraignments, one was ACD'd at arraignments, and one Plaintiff was given a DAT which was eventually dismissed.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.374584.26.0.pdf","type":"complaint"},{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/5765443-15cv4988EDNY"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4324721/nelson-v-rahman/"},{"name":"Mcgee, Daniel vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2016-04-21","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"515656/2015","court":"Supreme Court - Kings","officer_name":"Ellerbe, James","summary":"On or about December 27, 2012, Plaintiff visited the 3 floor single family home of Plaintiff's deceased father's girlfriend (Thomas) who Plaintiff knew well, which is located at 244 Saint Marks Avenue in Brooklyn. Plaintiff ran errands for Thomas and visited her. While at her house, Plaintiff fell asleep on the couch and was woken at 11 am when Defendant, NYPD officer woke him up by forcefully pulling him off the couch. Plaintiff was handcuffed, unlawfully seized, frisked and searched and put under arrest without probable cause. The tenants in Thomas's home were targets of a police investigation into the sale of controlled substances from that location. Defendant Police officers broke down Thomas's front door while executing a search warrant at the location which related to Thomas's tenants on different floors. Plaintiff told officers that he just was visiting and he showed them his home address. Defendants falsely arrested Plaintiff without probable cause and also arrested 7 other people in the home. Defendants took Plaintiff to the 77th precinct where he was strip searched. Plaintiff was then taken to Kings County Central Booking.  Plaintiff was arraigned in Kings County Criminal Court on December 28, 2012 at approximately 8:30 pm where a criminal prosecution was initiated against him by defendant police officers without probable cause after defendants gave false and fabricated evidence and information to the Kings County District Attorney's Office and in the accusatory instrument.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=QAZRMxB94/OWJ8A3vbvsuw==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Hunte, Lucho vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2016-01-20","disposition_date":"2016-11-29","payout_amount":28000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"16CV00188","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Ellerbe, James","summary":"Plaintiff was carpooling to work when the car stopped at a pharmacy so one passenger could go inside. Defendant officers approached the car Plaintiff was in and arrested everyone. Plaintiff was charged with Forgery and Possession of a Forged Instrument for the alleged actions of the individual in the pharmacy.  Plaintiff's charges were dismissed.","documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4921710-Hunte-v-City-of-New-York-et-al"},{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.380209.17.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4325142/hunte-v-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Freeman, Sabra vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2015-11-06","disposition_date":"2016-05-31","payout_amount":10000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"15CV06097","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Ellerbe, James","summary":"Plaintiff was at her neighbors apartment when Defendant Officers forcibly entered, arrested everyone inside, tightly handcuffed Plaintiff, and groped and searched her.  Plaintiff was brought to the 77th precinct, searched again, and charged with PL 220.03 'Criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh degree', which was ACD'd","documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4922516-Freeman-v-The-City-of-New-York-et-al","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4324897/freeman-v-the-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Addison, Johnny vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2014-12-19","disposition_date":"2015-09-01","payout_amount":25000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"14CV07304","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Ellerbe, James","summary":"Plaintiff was standing on the street when defendant officers assaulted him, resulted in hospitalization. No charges or outcome known.","documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4920326-Addison-v-city-of-new-york-et-al","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4323961/addison-v-the-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"St. Andrew, Ashley vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2014-06-04","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"501754/2014","court":"Supreme Court - Kings","officer_name":"Ellerbe, James","summary":"On March 3, 2011 Plaintiff was lawfully inside a friend's apartment when Det. James Ellerbe, Lt. John Costin, Det. Jamel Carr, and PO John Does 1-10 entered without probable cause, pointed their weapons directly at Plaintiff and her friend, ordered them to stand up and \"shut the fuck up\", and handcuffed them both in an aggressive and unreasonably tight manner. POs refused to loosen the handcuffs despite Plaintiff's pleas. Plaintiff informed the POs she was visiting from out-of-state, which they confirmed via her identification. Plaintiff was searched without legal justification, along with the apartment. After illegally searching for approximately 20 minutes without discovering any contraband POs nevertheless arrested Plaintiff and escorted her to the 77th Precinct, where the POs forwarded false information to commence a malicious prosecution against Plaintiff. Plaintiff was transported to Central Booking but for an unknown reason Plaintiff was not admitted there and was taken to the 97th Precinct. Plaintiff was charged with intent to sell a controlled substance even though no controlled substance was identified. A grand jury found the District Attorney did not have probable cause to prosecute Plaintiff and the case was dismissed on Marc 18, 2011. Plaintiff experienced emotional, physical, and constitutional damages as a result of this incident.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=KcF_PLUS_7X_PLUS_vgT8DeNtirduJ5g==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Walkin, Alan vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2014-03-07","disposition_date":"2014-09-09","payout_amount":25000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"14CV01424","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Ellerbe, James","summary":"Defendant officers broke into and invaded the home of Plaintiffs and arrested them, brought them to the 77th precinct, and charged them with crim possession of stolen property, which the DA declined to prosecute.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.353231/gov.uscourts.nyed.353231.11.0.pdf","type":"complaint"},{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4920085-Walkin-et-al-v-City-of-New-York-et-al"},{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4920086-Walkin-et-al-v-City-of-New-York-et-al"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4323198/walkin-v-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Durant, Anna vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2013-04-24","disposition_date":"2013-09-30","payout_amount":8500,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"13CV01973","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Ellerbe, James","summary":"On or about June 30, 2011, Plaintiff was visiting one of her friends and wanted to use the bathroom. Shortly thereafter, Defendant officers stormed into the apartment, arrested Plaintiff, and tightly handcuffed Plaintiff with her hands placed behind her back. After falsely arresting Plaintiff, Defendant officers transported Plaintiff to the NYPD-77th Precinct. During the arrest and while at the precinct, Defendant officers subjected Plaintiff to an intrusive and illegal bodily search. Defendant officers charged Plaintiff with PL 220.16 ‘Criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree,’ among other charges. Eventually, Plaintiff was transported to the Central Booking to await arraignment. Meanwhile, Defendant officers met with prosecutors employed by the Kings County District Attorney’s Office and falsely stated to the prosecutors, among other things, that Plaintiff had a controlled substance. The prosecutors conducted an independent investigation and concluded that there was no evidence of any crime committed by Plaintiff. The prosecutors declined to prosecute Plaintiff. After detaining Plaintiff for about seventy-two hours, Defendant officers summarily released Plaintiff from her unlawful detention. Every officer who responded to and/or was present at the location of the arrest could have intervened to prevent the harm detailed above from occurring but failed to do so.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.341292.1.0.pdf","type":"complaint"},{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4919814-Durant-v-City-of-New-York-et-al"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4322540/durant-v-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Foy, Khadidja vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2013-04-24","disposition_date":"2013-09-30","payout_amount":8500,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"13CV01972","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Ellerbe, James","summary":"On or about June 30, 2011, Plaintiff was visiting one of her friends and wanted to use the bathroom. Shortly thereafter, Defendant officers stormed into the apartment, arrested Plaintiff, and tightly handcuffed Plaintiff with her hands placed behind her back. After falsely arresting Plaintiff, Defendant officers transported Plaintiff to the NYPD-77th Precinct. During the arrest and while at the precinct, Defendant officers subjected Plaintiff to an intrusive and illegal bodily search. Defendant officers charged Plaintiff with PL 220.16 ‘Criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree,’ among other charges. Eventually, Plaintiff was transported to the Central Booking to await arraignment. Meanwhile, Defendant officers met with prosecutors employed by the Kings County District Attorney’s Office and falsely stated to the prosecutors, among other things, that Plaintiff had a controlled substance. The prosecutors conducted an independent investigation and concluded that there was no evidence of any crime committed by Plaintiff. The prosecutors declined to prosecute Plaintiff. After detaining Plaintiff for about seventy-two hours, Defendant officers summarily released Plaintiff from her unlawful detention. Every officer who responded to and/or was present at the location of the arrest could have intervened to prevent the harm detailed above from occurring but failed to do so.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.341469.1.0.pdf","type":"complaint"},{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4919813-Foy-v-The-City-of-New-York-et-al"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4322544/foy-v-the-city-of-new-york/"},{"officer_name":"Ellerbe, James","disposition":"Settlement","start_date":"2012-10-09","disposition_date":"2013-10-02","court":"Supreme Court - Kings","docket":"019691/2012","name":"Henningham, Zuriel vs City of New York, et al.","payout_amount":12500},{"officer_name":"Ellerbe, James","disposition":"Settlement","start_date":"2012-07-24","disposition_date":"2013-02-28","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","docket":"12CV03489","name":"Calhoun, Patricia vs City of New York, et al.","payout_amount":25000,"summary":"Defendant officers illegally entered Plaintiff's home, arrested her, and took her into custody until she was eventually released without charge because the DA declined to prosecute the case.","documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4919576-Calhoun-v-City-of-New-York-et-al"},{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4919577-Calhoun-v-City-of-New-York-et-al"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4321880/calhoun-v-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Brewster v. 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In a separate incident, on 7/13/2011, Plaintiff 4 was arrested at the 77th Precinct, after reporting thereunder claims he was wanted. Threatened by defendant officers, he turned himself in after being told that if he did not, his family would remain imprisoned. The DA later declined to prosecute the charges brought against him.","documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/5378175-Clark-et-al-v-City-of-New-York-et-al"},{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4919440-Clark-et-al-v-City-of-New-York-et-al"}],"docket":"12CV00243","officer_name":"James K. Ellerbe"},{"name":"Croney v. The City of New York","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","payout_amount":8500,"disposition":"Settlement","documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4919447-Croney-v-The-City-of-New-York"}],"docket":"12CV00251","officer_name":"James K. Ellerbe"},{"name":"Booker v. 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