{"active":false,"first_name":"Frank","last_name":"Muzikar","race":"White","gender":"Male","rank":"DT3","command":{"command":"GANG SI"},"shield_no":3610,"ended_date":"2019-12-02","taxid":"943600","complaint_ids":[201706491,201603104,201307185,201304789,201115684],"command_history":[{"command":"122 PCT","id":"122pct"},{"command":"GANG BS"}],"appt_date":"2007-01-10","lawsuits":[{"name":"Carmona, Jamell vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2020-09-02","disposition_date":"2021-07-20","payout_amount":7500,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"20CV04040","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Muzikar, Frank","summary":"On April 11, 2018, Plaintiff was stopped without a reasonable basis while driving his vehicle by Defendants Officers Richard D. Browne and Frank Muzikar. They were in an unmarked car and in plain clothes and observed him while entering and exiting a Bail Bonds facility. They subjected him to a strip-intrusive roadside search, searched his vehicle without a basis, and falsely claimed to have found \"weed\" in his vehicle. They told him he was not under arrest but handcuffed him and took him to the 120th precinct.\n\nAt the precinct, Plaintiff was subjected to another strip-intrusive search by Browne and Muzikar with the approval and authorization of Defendants Sergeant Michael DiCecco and/or Lieutenant Matthew Harrison in the presence of another female officer. The officers conveyed false information to the Richmond County District Attorney, who pursued criminal prosecution against Plaintiff, about Plaintiff's possession of marijuana. Plaintiff says DiCecco and Harrsion were aware of a practice of officers at the 120th Precinct planting marijuana and otherwise fabricating false evidence. Officer Francis Torres and John Doe officers are also named defendants.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.452309/gov.uscourts.nyed.452309.28.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/17531538/carmona-v-the-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Alicea, Lizzie vs Detective Spinelli, Steve, et al.","start_date":"2019-03-04","disposition_date":"2023-08-04","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"Administrative Closing","docket":"153005/2018","court":"Supreme Court - Richmond","officer_name":"Muzikar, Frank","summary":"On October 29, 2015, at approximately 8:00 a.m., the defendant police officers STEVE SPINELLI, MATTHEW EDELMAN, IGNAZIO CONCA, MICHAEL ZAK, and FRANK MUZIKAR allegedly executed a search warrant inside of plaintiff’s mother’s apartment. At approximately 11:30 a.m., plaintiff went to her mother’s house with the intention of visiting her mother and upon her arrival, plaintiff saw police officers and saw her mother standing outside of the building crying. Despite being aware of the fact that plaintiff did not reside with her mother and despite not being physically present when the defendant police officers executed the search warrant, the defendant police unlawfully handcuffed plaintiff and arrested her without probable cause or legal justification. Plaintiff was transported to the 122nd precinct where she was searched, photographed, fingerprinted, and detained in a filthy holding cell for many hours. At approximately 11:00 p.m., plaintiff was transported from the 122nd Precinct to Staten Island Central Booking and placed in a holding cell. While plaintiff was in custody at the precinct, defendants prepared and filed false paperwork with the DA charging plaintiff with Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the Seventh Degree. As a result, the plaintiff was approximately 29 hours in custody and was released on her own recognizance. Plaintiff was required to make approximately 10 additional court appearances until all charges against her were dismissed and sealed in their entirety on October 7, 2016.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=LFDIKP_PLUS_EAIMeOkY/oNu4rA==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Smith, Kenneth, et al. vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2015-06-30","disposition_date":"2016-06-01","payout_amount":2500,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"15CV05030","court":"U.S. District Court - Southern District NY","officer_name":"Muzikar, Frank","summary":"On January 23, 2015, Plaintiffs Kenneth Smith and Rylawn Walker, African American men, were behaving lawfully and not acting in a suspicious manner when they were approached, accosted, falsely arrested, and falsely imprisoned by the Defendant NYPD Officers.  Each Plaintiff was imprisoned approximately 24 hours after his unlawful arrest and compelled to make numerous court appearances until June 11, 2015, when the criminal charges were dismissed.  While the Plaintiffs were being held, Defendant NYPD Officer Robert Woodhouse, with the acquiescence of the other defendants, misrepresented facts in the police reports and other documents to falsely state the Plaintiffs had committed offenses including possessing marijuana and other controlled substances.  The defendant officers maliciously prosecuted the Plaintiffs to avoid discipline for their abuse of authority, to obtain overtime compensation, and to obtain credit for an arrest.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.444099/gov.uscourts.nysd.444099.30.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/6083752/smith-v-the-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Hilliman, Evon & Tucker, Nicholas vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2015-02-23","disposition_date":"2015-06-26","payout_amount":25000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"501781/2015","court":"Supreme Court - Kings","officer_name":"Muzikar, Frank","summary":"On or about June 30, 2012 at approximately 2:30 AM, POs Muzikar and John Doe #1-3 pulled over a vehicle driven by the Plaintiffs' friend, and in which the Plaintiffs were passengers of. The POs instructed the Plaintiffs, the driver, and two other passengers to step out of the vehicle, at which point the car was searched without probable cause. As a result of the search, the POs found a small amount of marijuana, and the driver admitted that it was his. Despite this, the POs arrested everyone in the car, including the Plaintiffs, and transported them to the 71st precinct.\n\nAt the precinct, the Plaintiffs were searched but nothing unlawful was found on their persons. They were then transported to \"Central Booking\" in the Kings County Criminal Courthouse at approximately 8:30 a.m. on June 30, 2012, before they were ultimately released, as the Kings County District Attorney's office declined to prosecute them, at approximately 3:30 a.m. on July 1, 2012.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=5L3MaD1iyEWCrS1UIZyZFQ==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Smith, Michael, et al. vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2014-06-24","disposition_date":"2015-01-09","payout_amount":41500,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"14CV03582","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Muzikar, Frank","summary":"On July 2, 2013, plaintiffs were in a car driving in Brooklyn when defendant police officers pulled over the vehicle. Plaintiffs were ordered out of the car after providing identification, and the officers searched the vehicle without consent, probable cause to believe criminal activity was occurring, or any other valid legal basis to search. Defendants recovered a small folding knife from the glove compartment of the vehicle and placed plaintiffs under arrest and brought them to a precinct, where they were charged with Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the 4th Degree. The charges were based on false allegations from defendants of the nature of the knife in question, which was in fact not prohibited by New York Penal Law. All charges brought against both plaintiffs were later dismissed.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.357308/gov.uscourts.nyed.357308.1.0.pdf","type":"complaint"},{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4922437-Smith-et-al-v-City-of-New-York-et-al"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/13139338/smith-v-city-of-new-york/"},{"officer_name":"Muzikar, Frank","disposition":"Settlement","start_date":"2013-12-05","disposition_date":"2014-04-28","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","docket":"13CV06841","name":"Prater, Jesse vs Police Officer Breiner, Gerald, et al.","payout_amount":18000,"documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4922440-Prater-v-City-of-New-York-et-al"},{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4922441-Prater-v-City-of-New-York-et-al"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/13050488/prater-v-breiner/"},{"name":"Braxton, Keith vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2013-11-01","disposition_date":"2014-08-27","payout_amount":20000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"13CV05516","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Muzikar, Frank","summary":"On July 6, 2012, Plaintiff was lawfully inside a commercial business building when several NYPD Officers including Officers Terrell Anderson, Forrest Hirsch, Jason Filoramo, Frank Muzikar, Peter McCarthy, Joseph Fichter, and Michael Espinosa entered the building and searched its locked basement and found contraband. Plaintiff was not the owner of the business and did not possess a key to the basement, but was nonetheless arrested by Officer Anderson. Officer Hirsch prepared paperwork in support of false charges against Plaintiff and conveyed such information to the District Attorney's Office. Plaintiff was eventually released after approximately 17 hours in custody and was not charged with any crimes.","documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4922399-Braxton-v-The-City-of-New-York-et-al"},{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.347764.11.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4322894/braxton-v-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Smith et al v. The City Of New York , et al","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","plaintiff_race":"Black or African American","summary":"Plaintiffs were approached and arrested by defendant officers, taken into custody, and charged with 220.03 and 221.05. Charges were later dismissed.","documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4922096-Smith-et-al-v-The-City-Of-New-York-et-al"},{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4922097-Smith-et-al-v-The-City-Of-New-York-et-al"}],"docket":"16CV00845","officer_name":"Frank R. Muzikar"}],"news":[{"title":"Man granted bail after conviction in 'gun buyback' case is released","url":"http://www.silive.com/news/index.ssf/2016/03/man_convicted_after_gun_buybac.html","source":"SI Live","date":"2016-03-03"}],"id":"88F","url":"https://www.50-a.org/officer/88F"}