{"active":false,"first_name":"Matthew","last_name":"Cahill","race":"White","gender":"Male","rank":"DTS","command":{"command":"ESS 07","assignment_date":"2014-03-03","id":"ESS7"},"shield_no":4139,"ended_date":"2023-11-03","taxid":"929812","complaint_ids":[202202987,201704060,201704549,201302191,200408938,200408566],"command_history":[{"command":"017 PCT","id":"17pct"},{"command":"ESS 10","id":"ESS10"}],"appt_date":"2002-07-01","middle_initial":"J","shield_no_history":[22175],"lawsuits":[{"name":"Greene, Shannon vs City of Ny, et al.","start_date":"2023-08-03","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"520527/2023","court":"Supreme Court - Kings","summary":"On December 17, 2022, Plaintiff was unlawfully arrested after Defendant Officers pushed their way, guns drawn, in the apartment while Plaintiff was naked after a shower. Officer John Doe No. 1 pointed his gun at Plaintiff's head and screamed \"get on the ground.\" Officer John Doe No. 1 interrupted the treatment of minor child when he ordered Plaintiff to take the child off from nebulizer machine. did not allow her to get dressed for the remainder of the arrest. Officer John Doe No.1 refused Plaintiff's request to see a female officer. Officers denied Plaintiff's request for feminine hygiene products when explaining that Plaintiff was on her menstrual cycle. Plaintiff was detained, naked, while in her apartment building's public hallway. Witness, Tiara Boyland, among the people present, saw plaintiff held naked (and in handcuffs) in the hallway by Officer John Doe No. 1 exposing her buttocks and genitals. Officer John Doe No. 1 refused to help plaintiff cover her naked body after it fell in front of the onlookers. After an hour of public exposure, Officer Jane Doe No. 1 allowed Plaintiff to get dressed During the six hours of unlawful detention, Defendant Officers searched Plaintiff's apartment without a legally-issued warrant or consent and then released Plaintiff and left her apartment. Other Defendant Officers, who were present during the incident but did not participate in the unlawful conduct, have failed to intervene. Defendant NYPD Officers damaged approximately $2,000-$3,000 worth of property as a result of the unlawful search on her apartment.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=xfB/lxDi2r0Gm2tBXH1ldg==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Lee, Anthony G. vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2018-03-09","disposition_date":"2018-09-17","payout_amount":9000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"18CV01319","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Cahill, Matthew","summary":"On March 31, 2017, Officer Brian Lyons, Sgt Hugh Black, Detective Cahill, and other unidentified NYPD police officers forcefully entered the Plaintiff's apartment in Queens, New York, pursuant to an alleged search warrant. Upon entering Plaintiff's bedroom, Defendant Detective Cahill hit Plaintiff with a shield, knocked him to the floor, searched Plaintiff, and cuffed him. \n\nThe Defendants possessed a search warrant limited to firearms and related materials. In obtaining said warrant, Defendants Lyons and Black failed to conduct a reasonable investigation to corroborate the confidential informant's story, which proved to be false and misleading. The warrant was also defective because it failed to adequately describe the location. When no firearms were found, the officers impermissibly expanded the scope of the search beyond the warrant. Lyons and Black then fabricated heroin charges against plaintiff","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.414033/gov.uscourts.nyed.414033.24.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/6613731/lee-v-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Baijnauth, Kevin, et al. vs Detective Allen, Gary, et al.","start_date":"2017-09-07","disposition_date":"2020-07-28","payout_amount":62500,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"17CV03952","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Cahill, Matthew","summary":"On April 5, 2016, Officers Socorro, Agosto, Cahill, Ramo, Parides, Langlois, McCartney, Connelly, and Zedalis searched Kevin Baijnauth's business dressed in riot gear. While inside the business, the officers pointed a shotgun at one of Baijnauth's employees, destroyed the surveillance system and walls, and stole cash and jewelry. After his employee told him about the incident, Baijnauth and his wife, Meenakshi, went to the precinct for information. An officer told Meenakshi that there was a no-knock warrant for the premises on the belief that the Baijnauth's were selling guns and drugs out of the basement. The officer also accused Meenakshi of buying stolen jewelry. On March 29 and April 1, a woman believed to be working for the police came to the Baijnauth business sold jewelry to Baijnauth's employee. At no time was it known that the jewelry was stolen.\n\nOn April 21, 2017, Officers Allen, Beck, Vega, and Roach entered the Baijnauth business after an undercover officer sold jewelry to an employee. The employee unlocked his phone to show a picture of the buyer's ID, at which point Officer Beck deleted the picture. Officer Beck then took the employee's ID and confiscated the jewelry just purchased.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.403881/gov.uscourts.nyed.403881.48.0_1.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/13440698/baijnauth-v-allen/"},{"name":"Green, Ellen, et al. vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2014-10-24","disposition_date":"2017-06-29","payout_amount":52500,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"14CV06048","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Cahill, Matthew","summary":"On January 28, 2014, plaintiffs were lawfully present in an apartment where two plaintiffs lived when several officers kicked in the front door and stormed into the premises, seizing the plaintiffs at gunpoint. The officers refused to produce a warrant. The officers handcuffed and searched plaintiffs and then searched the premises. Plaintiffs were transported to a precinct and were released without charges except for Green. Plaintiff Sanchez sustained bruising and pain to wrists and hands due to being handcuffed excessively tightly. Plaintiff Gumby was struck in her leg. Plaintiff Green was thrown to the ground and one officer placed his knee on her neck. She was dragged from room to room and sustained bruising, lacerations, and pain to her legs. Plaintiff Donovan Green was arraigned on a criminal complaint containing false allegations by P.O. Nocerino. He was prosecuted for several months before the charges were dismissed.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.361934/gov.uscourts.nyed.361934.12.0.pdf","type":"complaint"},{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4920251-Green-et-al-v-The-City-of-New-York-et-al"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/6294238/green-v-the-city-of-new-york/"}],"documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21053597-cahill-929812-04-21-21","type":"brady-giglio"}],"id":"8PTK","url":"https://www.50-a.org/officer/8PTK"}