{"active":false,"first_name":"Andrew","last_name":"Distelhurst","race":"White","gender":"Male","rank":"POM","command":{"command":"047 PCT","id":"47pct"},"shield_no":18304,"ended_date":"2020-07-06","taxid":"958512","complaint_ids":[202002820,201909415,201907212,201807557,201804622],"appt_date":"2015-07-08","lawsuits":[{"name":"Clarke, Ronald vs City of Ny, et al.","start_date":"2021-04-29","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"805903/2021E","court":"Supreme Court - Bronx","summary":"On April 29, 2020, P.O. DISTELHURST approached Plaintiff as Plaintiff sat in the driver’s seat of Plaintiff’s vehicle in the vicinity of Seymour Avenue and Needham Avenue in the Bronx.  P.O. DISTELHURST dragged Plaintiff out of Plaintiff’s vehicle and violently handcuffed Plaintiff. P.O. DISTELHURST intentionally and falsely accused Plaintiff of having committed Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the 2nd Degree. P.O. was forced to remain in a precinct holding cell until Plaintiff was removed to Bronx Central Booking.  At Bronx Central Booking, Plaintiff was searched, photographed, and forced to remain in various holding cells. On April 30, 2020, Plaintiff was released from Central Booking without appearing before a Judge and without being prosecuted for any crime or offense.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=gHp2jzXQatmBOH0LB6XCYg==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Almanzar, Baldwin vs City of Ny, et al.","start_date":"2021-01-14","disposition_date":"2022-05-04","payout_amount":145000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"20CV11021","court":"U.S. District Court - Southern District NY","summary":"On June 4, 2020, plaintiff Abelson participated in a Mott Haven protest after the killing of George Floyd. Plaintiff was caught in a barricade when officers told him and others in the front to move, but there was no room for them to do so from others pressing forward. Officers mocked him and others by saying \"they couldn't breathe.\" officers then begin to attack plaintiff, punching him in the eye and twisting his finger until they broke it. Another pulled down his mask and pepper-sprayed him. Plaintiff was then pulled over the barrier of bikes, thrown to the ground, hit with batons and kicked. His hands were then placed behind his back and an officer kneeled on his neck. He was then handcuffed with zip ties and taken to a bus with other arrested protesters. He asked for medical attention but was denied it. He say on the bus for several hours before being taken to central booking, where he was given a summons for unlawful assembly and released. He had suffered a scratched corner and a broken finger from events. As a result of the incident, plaintiff suffered a psychosis and was forced to be hospitalized for 5 days and is now on anti-psychotics to treat his PTSD.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.551373/gov.uscourts.nysd.551373.1.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/26542001/almanzar-v-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Richard, Richard vs City of Ny, et al.","start_date":"2021-01-14","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"800441/2021","court":"Supreme Court - Bronx"},{"name":"Hazel, Darren vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2019-11-18","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"033242/2019E","court":"Supreme Court - Bronx","officer_name":"Distelhurst, Andrew","summary":"On each of  August 9, 2018, August 17, 2018, October 29, 2018 and December 31, 2018 Plaintiff Darren Hazel was driving late at night, when Defendant officers Angel Lopez,  Ariana Esteban and Andrew Distelhurst illegally stopped him, without cause. On each instance, the Defendants searched the Plaintiff and his car and recovered no illegal drugs or contraband, proceeded to handcuff Plaintiff and falsely charged him with driving in an unlawful manner and possession of a controlled substance. On each instance, the Defendants provided false statements and information to the District Attorney's office in furtherance of the aforementioned fabricated allegations, and Plaintiff was detained for several hours and strip searched at the police precinct. On each instance, all charges against Plaintiff were dismissed.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=/J/n89/bd2iRp1X6t1sViw==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Cornielle, Jonathan vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2019-05-09","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"024555/2019E","court":"Supreme Court - Bronx","officer_name":"Distelhurst, Andrew"},{"name":"Williams, Daryl vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2019-05-02","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"025183/2019E","court":"Supreme Court - Bronx","officer_name":"Distelhurst, Andrew","summary":"On May 18, 2018, Plaintiff was driving on White Plaints Road in the Bronx, when Defendant Officers, including Officer Distalhurst, were driving in the opposite direction on the other side of the road, and signaled for Plaintiff to stop his vehicle. When Officers crossed the road to approach Plaintiff’s vehicle, Plaintiff overheard the Officers indicating that they should turn off their camcorders and put them away, in which Plaintiff then watched them do. Officers then, without just cause, detained Plaintiff and searched him and his vehicle. After conducting their illegal search, Defendant officer’s falsified paperwork that Plaintiff had a broken tail light, and that Plaintiff gave Defendant Officers permission to search the vehicle. In their illegal search, Defendant Officers found a knapsack with a gun that was left in Plaintiff’s car without his knowledge. Plaintiff was arrested and spent four months incarcerated before the person who left the bag testified and Plaintiff’s charges were dismissed.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=bJWu4U7Hb/mz/y42Y0DpWQ==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Williams, Darryl vs Po Distelhurst, Andrew","start_date":"2018-08-15","disposition_date":"2019-04-10","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"Zero Disposition","docket":"18CV07432","court":"U.S. District Court - Southern District NY","officer_name":"Distelhurst, Andrew","summary":"On May 18, 2018, Plaintiff was driving and was illegally stopped by Defendant-Police Officer Andrew Distelhurst (Shield No. 18304) for a defective brake light. Defendant then ordered Plaintiff out of the car without cause and illegally searched his vehicle. Defendant falsely arrested Plaintiff and forced Plaintiff's arm behind his back with extreme force, causing injuries. Plaintiff's cellphone was also illegally taken and his emails, pictures, and social media were illegally searched through. As a pretrial detainee, Plaintiff has requested MRIs and Xrays for his shoulder, and had not yet received care at the time of filing the complaint.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.499455/gov.uscourts.nysd.499455.2.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/7683051/williams-v-distelhurst/"},{"name":"Via, Eric vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2018-07-02","disposition_date":"2019-03-05","payout_amount":22500,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"027624/2018E","court":"Supreme Court - Bronx","officer_name":"Distelhurst, Andrew","summary":"On August 27, 2017, Plaintiff ERIC VIA was aggressively approached by Police Officer ANDREW DISTELHURST, Police Officer JOHN DOE, and Police Officer JOHN ROE.  Without cause or justification, Defendant officers conducted an illegal search of the plaintiff and unlawfully arrested him using excessive, unnecessary and unlawful force. Plaintiff was held in custody and remained wrongfully imprisoned for over 24 hours, and was required to make numerous court appearances over an extended period of time until all charges against him were terminated favorably.\n\nPlaintiff ERIC VIA was caused to sustain serious, severe, painful and permanent bodily injuries so that he was rendered sick, lame and disabled and so remains and was and will be compelled to seek medical aid and attention and incur expenses for same in an endeavor to cure himself of his said injuries and he was sore, and will be prevented from attending his usual occupation and duties.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=Lya4KbaF9Z2nGWD5Do0Bsw==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Peralta, Manuel vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2016-07-01","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"21CV00605","court":"U.S. District Court - Southern District NY","officer_name":"Distelhurst, Andrew","summary":"On May 1, 2019, late at night, the plaintiff, Manuel Peralta, was standing on the sidewalk near his apartment speaking with a neighbor when that neighbor got into a heated verbal argument with a third man. Mr. Peralta began heading away from the argument and then saw two additional men running toward the group, at which point Mr. Peralta began running home. The two men were defendant NYPD Officers Andrew Distelhurst and Michael Gonzalez; they were dressed in plain clothes and never identified themselves as police officers or ordered Mr. Peralta to stop. The two men chased Mr. Peralta into his building. They forced the building's door open, and when he raised his hands in surrender, they turned him onto his stomach and lay down on him. While he was face down, one of the defendants kicked him in the face, and one hit him in the face twice with their hands. One defendant officer then left the building, and the other threw him down the stairs at the entrance to his building. Mr. Peralta's head head struck the pavement at the bottom. Throughout this time, the defendants failed to identify themselves as police officers. Both defendants Distelhurst and Gonzalez were wearing body cameras during the arrest, but the FOIL productions later made by the NYPD and the Bronx D.A.'s office was missing the video footage of the arrest inside Mr. Peralta's building.\nMr. Peralta was arrested and brought to a police precinct and later to central booking. The arrest report charged him with obstruction, resisting arrest, and disorderly conduct, based on false allegations, including that Mr. Peralta flailed around to avoid being handcuffed. At the precinct, he requested medical attention for his injuries, but he was not brought to the hospital until approximately seven hours after his arrest. He was brought to the hospital in leg restraints and kept handcuffed to a chair the whole time he was at the hospital. He was arraigned and charged with resisting arrest and obstructing governmental administration. He pleaded not guilty and was released on his own recognizance in the evening of May 2, having spent approximately 36 hours in custody following his arrest. On November 13, 2019, the case was dismissed.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.552843/gov.uscourts.nysd.552843.1.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/37711921/peralta-v-vasquez/"}],"documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24441170-bronx-notified-officers-list-edited_redacted-redacted_redacted","type":"credibility-finding"}],"id":"8LTM","url":"https://www.50-a.org/officer/8LTM"}