{"active":false,"first_name":"Antonio","last_name":"Edwards","race":"Black","gender":"Male","rank":"DT3","command":{"command":"NARCBMN","id":"250"},"shield_no":5118,"ended_date":"2017-04-05","taxid":"935332","complaint_ids":[201203281,201005427,200715854],"command_history":[{"command":"TB M/TF","id":"99"}],"appt_date":"2004-07-09","lawsuits":[{"name":"Whitaker, Pink vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2017-09-07","disposition_date":"2018-05-01","payout_amount":4000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"157727/2017","court":"Supreme Court - New York","officer_name":"Edwards, Antonio","summary":"On or about August 22, 2014, at approximately 9:00 AM, in the vicinity of the front of 117 West 126th Street in Manhattan, Plaintiff was approached by Detective Victor Cardona, Retired Detective Antonio Edwards, and three unidentified NYPD officers. Without legal cause or consent, they approached Plaintiff with their loaded firearms, outstretched limbs, and other objects which they used to search, seize, strike, and restrain Plaintiff. The handcuffs were placed on Plaintiff’s wrists so tight that his wrists turned red. The officer’s actions caused Plaintiff physical pain and mental suffering. Plaintiff was taken into custody to a police station and maliciously charged with crimes. Plaintiff was held in custody for nine (9) hours before he was released. The NYPD officers maliciously provided false and/or incomplete information to the District Attorney’s office to induce the prosecution of Plaintiff. On or about November 29, 2016, the charges were dismissed in a favorable termination for Plaintiff.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=sCREOWPeaORaafOFb5HeMQ==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Whitaker, Pink vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2017-05-10","disposition_date":"2018-05-01","payout_amount":7500,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"153939/2017","court":"Supreme Court - New York","officer_name":"Edwards, Antonio","summary":"On June 5, 2014, at approximately 12:30 p.m., Pink Whitaker was in the vicinity of 126th Street and Lenox Avenue in Manhattan when NYPD Officers Amanda Lopez (Shield #549) and Antonio Edwards (Shield #05118), along with other unnamed officers, allegedly grabbed, handcuffed, and arrested him without probable cause. The officers placed Mr. Whitaker in fear by pointing firearms at him and subjected him to excessive force during the arrest process. Mr. Whitaker was detained for approximately seven hours and charged with crimes under Docket #2014NY050519, despite the lack of any evidence or probable cause. The charges were later dismissed. Mr. Whitaker alleges excessive force, false arrest, malicious prosecution, and violations of his constitutional rights, leading to emotional trauma, physical pain, and humiliation.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=s3wc5_PLUS_b2R_PLUS_q9ZgzeDkbFZg==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Jones, Phyllis vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2014-11-26","disposition_date":"2016-02-25","payout_amount":5000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"14CV09202","court":"U.S. District Court - Southern District NY","officer_name":"Edwards, Antonio","summary":"Officers entered home where Plaintiff was a lawful guest and ordered her out of bed, giving her a rob to cover up with no belt.  Plaintiff was then handcuffed, leaving her front exposed and naked, and humiliated by derogatory comments made by officers. Plaintiff was arrested for no reason, brought to 28th precinct and unlawfully strip searched. False charges were filed and eventually dismissed.","documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4920362-Jones-v-City-of-New-York-et-al","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/13245733/jones-v-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Gearles, Tyrone vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2013-07-11","disposition_date":"2014-07-23","payout_amount":40000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"13CV04495","court":"U.S. District Court - Southern District NY","officer_name":"Edwards, Antonio","summary":"On September 17, 2010, Plaintiff Tyrone Gearles was lawfully present in the vicinity at Marcus Garvey Park speaking with some friends when Defendant Officers approached and frisked them without any probable cause or reasonable suspicion. Defendant Officers found nothing, but told Plaintiff he was under arrest for selling marijuana. At the precinct, Plaintiff was strip and body-cavity searched without reasonable suspicion or probable cause. The searches were approved and authorized by Defendant Sergeant Anthony Borelli. Both at the precinct and later at central booking, Plaintiff's requested medical treatment for his conditions of non-Hodgkin lymphoma, high blood pressure, asthma, and a sleeping disorder. All requests were ignored. Defendant Detective Antonio Edwards signed off on a criminal court complaint which he knew to be false.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.414186/gov.uscourts.nysd.414186.10.0.pdf","type":"complaint"},{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4919894-Gearles-v-The-City-of-New-York-et-al"},{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4919895-Gearles-v-The-City-of-New-York-et-al"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/13054583/gearles-v-the-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Harrigan et al v. The City of New York et al","court":"U.S. District Court - Southern District NY","payout_amount":17500,"disposition":"Settlement","documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4919014-Harrigan-et-al-v-The-City-of-New-York-et-al"}],"docket":"10CV02169","officer_name":"Antonio C. Edwards"},{"name":"Durham v. Young et al","court":"U.S. District Court - Southern District NY","summary":"On the incident date, the plaintiff was arrested for sale of a controlled substance when the defendants jumped out of an unmarked car and handcuffed the plaintiff. His pockets were searched and the contents were placed in a yellow envelope by the defendants. The plaintiff was brought to the 25th precinct where he was placed in the holding cell area and told to get naked. The plaintiff did not comply and was jumped, beaten, had his clothes torn off, and underwent a \"visually\" and \"manually cavity\" search by the defendants.","documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4924599-Durham-v-Young-et-al"}],"docket":"17CV00535","officer_name":"Antonio C. Edwards"}],"id":"9645","url":"https://www.50-a.org/officer/9645"}