{"active":false,"first_name":"Michael","last_name":"Cerullo","race":"White","gender":"Male","rank":"DT3","command":{"command":"105 DET","id":"105det"},"shield_no":7095,"ended_date":"2020-07-06","taxid":"943072","complaint_ids":[201213465,201205919,201012624,201001444],"command_history":[{"command":"105 PCT","id":"105pct"}],"appt_date":"2007-01-10","lawsuits":[{"name":"Boateng, Tyson vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2020-09-03","disposition_date":"2022-03-28","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"Administrative Closing","docket":"714669/2020","court":"Supreme Court - Queens","officer_name":"Cerullo, Michael","summary":"On or about July 26, 2017, the police contacted Plaintiff, and asked him to surrender to the 105th Precinct for the murder of Zanu Simpson. The police officers handcuffed and arrested plaintiff upon his surrender. The Queens District Attorney's office charged the plaintiff with Murder in the Second Degree. Plaintiff remained in custody for approximately 358 days. The case was ultimately dismissed and terminated favorably to plaintiff on or about November 6, 2019. Plaintiff now files suit against, inter alia, NYPD Detectives Michael Cerullo, Venticinque, Bettis\nand Officers John Doe 1-4.","documents":[{"url":"https://web.archive.org/web/20240828214619/https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=o3DQo4mfHFIOIKl2b77MSw==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Steward, St. Clair vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2019-08-20","disposition_date":"2021-04-11","payout_amount":125000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"714217/2019","court":"Supreme Court - Queens","officer_name":"Cerullo, Michael","summary":"Plaintiff St. Clair Steward served over two and a half months on Rikers Island after being wrongfully arrested and charged with an attempted murder he did not commit.\n\nOn January 30th, 2018, K.W. was sitting in his car in Queens when an unknown perpetrator approached him and asked for directions accompanied by Gregory Campbell, who bore a firearm. Campbell fired the gun twice at K.W., striking the car door, though K.W. could not clearly see the shooter.\n\nNYPD officers take DNA samples from the scene of the crime; officers Michael Cerullo, Christopher Dantonio, and Charles Venticinque interviewed K.W. and solicit mug shot identifications, which produce 2788 potential matches. Plaintiff St. Clair Steward is selected from this set of potential matches as someone who may have resembled the shooter. Video footage was provided that made it clear that K.W. could not have gotten a clear look at the shooter during the crime, but Detective Dantonio withheld this footage from the Queens District Attorney.\n\nOn January 31st, 2018, Plaintiff Steward was arrested at his home solely due to the mugshot identification. His DNA sample is taken but not compared with the DNA on the door handle. On February 1st, Detective received a warrant to search Steward's house. Said search did not produce any evidence. Nevertheless, though no forensic or other evidence connected Steward to the attempted robbery or murder, he was charged with attempted robbery and murder and sent to Rikers Island with bail set at $200,000.\n\nOn April 2nd, 2018, Detective Dantonio finally requested that the lab compare Steward's DNA to the DNA on the door handle. \n\nOn April 5th, 2018, DNA gathered from the driver's side door returned as a match to Gregory Campbell, a known felon.  Detectives Dantonio and Venticinque, Sergeant Barbieri, and Lieutenants Nicholas VanDyke and Stephen Faber did not forward this information to the Queens District Ottorney. \n\nOn April 16th, 2018, the lab report showed that Steward's DNA did not match the DNA found on the door handle. On April 18th, 2018, Steward was released from Riker's Island. Nevertheless, he made several court appearances before his case was ultimately dismissed in September, 2019.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=4NRbUetlGoi72UXecJbmVw==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Torres, Angel vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2019-02-04","disposition_date":"2020-11-20","payout_amount":1400,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"19CV00066","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Cerullo, Michael","summary":"On August 14, 2016, at 11:45pm, burglars broke into the home of Plaintiff's neighbor. Canvassing the scene, Defendants Det. Colin Sparks & Det. Michael Cerullo spoke with Plaintiff, who informed them that he had worked from 9pm-4:30am that night and therefore had no personal knowledge of the burglary. On October 27, 2016, Defendants Sparks & Cerullo returned to Plaintiff's residence while he was at work, leaving a message with his mother to have him report to the 105th Precinct. When Plaintiff complied, he was searched, seized, & arrested by Defendants Sparks & Cerullo (approved by Defendant Lt. Stephen Faber). Plaintiff was detained for 22 days, until November 17, 2016. \n\nOn November 17, 2016, Plaintiff was attacked by three gang members while under custody of Defendants CO Stacy Johnson & CO Lisa Pascascio, who failed to prevent the foreseeable attack & respond in a timely manner.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.428132/gov.uscourts.nyed.428132.27.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/14712002/torres-v-john-doe-1/"}],"documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24441170-bronx-notified-officers-list-edited_redacted-redacted_redacted","type":"credibility-finding"}],"id":"AA2F","url":"https://www.50-a.org/officer/AA2F"}