{"active":false,"first_name":"Tyrone","last_name":"Viruet","race":"Hispanic","gender":"Male","rank":"DT3","command":{"command":"NARCBMN","id":"250"},"shield_no":5654,"ended_date":"2016-08-01","taxid":"916872","complaint_ids":[201509500,201301959,201006502],"appt_date":"1995-06-30","lawsuits":[{"name":"Loving, Tyrone vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2016-03-31","disposition_date":"2020-06-05","payout_amount":75000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"151280/2016","court":"Supreme Court - New York","officer_name":"Viruet, Tyrone","summary":"On June 10, 2014, without just cause or provocation, an unknown Defendant NYPD officer approached Plaintiff and immediately grabbed them. The Defendant handcuffed Plaintiff and placed Plaintiff under arrest without just cause or provocation. Plaintiff was transported to the precinct, where they were strip-searched and confined to a cell. Plaintiff was intentionally and falsely accused of committing the crime of Criminal Sale of a Controlled Substance in the Third Degree. All charges against Plaintiff were eventually dismissed.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=BEAwZ1jucQ_PLUS_nA/u4BorItA==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Parks, Edward vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2015-09-23","disposition_date":"2016-06-15","payout_amount":7500,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"15CV07310","court":"U.S. District Court - Southern District NY","officer_name":"Viruet, Tyrone","summary":"Defendant Officers approached Plaintiff while he was in a restaurant, frisked him, and then arrested him without telling him why. Plaintiff was taken to NBMN, strip searched, had money taken and unvouchered, and charged with selling crack. The DA later dismissed the case.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.447520.12.0.pdf","type":"complaint"},{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4921429-Parks-v-City-of-New-York-et-al"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4355815/parks-v-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Benks, Brandon vs Harris, Jeff, et al.","start_date":"2015-09-04","disposition_date":"2016-01-22","payout_amount":1000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"14CV03201","court":"U.S. District Court - Southern District NY","officer_name":"Viruet, Tyrone","summary":"On March 5, 2014, Brandon Benks on 111th streeth when he was physically assaulted by P.O.s Roberto Cordero, Angus MacKenzie, Uke Evaristus, Jorge Tobon, Mark McDonald, Jeff Harris, Manuel Cordovoa, and Gregory Carty causing two teeth to break and his right rotator cuff to be torn. P.O.s broke Benks phone card and tablet and took money from him. P.O.s strip searched him on the street and in public.","documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4928002-Benks-v-Cordero-et-al"},{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.426761/gov.uscourts.nysd.426761.61.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/13245451/benks-v-cordero/"},{"name":"West, George vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2015-02-19","disposition_date":"2016-02-16","payout_amount":15000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"15CV01215","court":"U.S. District Court - Southern District NY","officer_name":"Viruet, Tyrone","summary":"On June 20, 2014 at 6:20 p.m. , Mr. West was sitting with a friend in a car at 129th Street and St. Nicholas Terrance .  The defendants forcefully removed the plaintiff from the vehicle . Mr. West was taken to the 26th Precinct than to Manhattan Central Booking , He was then taken to Bellevue hospital due to high blood pressure and shortness of breath","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.438683.1.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4543492/west-v-the-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Sangiuolo, Pasquale vs Detective Viruet, Tyrone, et al.","start_date":"2015-01-08","disposition_date":"2015-08-24","payout_amount":12500,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"15CV00090","court":"U.S. District Court - Southern District NY","officer_name":"Viruet, Tyrone","summary":"On November 22, 2014, plaintiff was waiting for his cousin to take the train with on 125 Lexington Ave. when defendant officers, without reasonable suspicion, approached and searched plaintiff.  After finding legally prescribed medication in its original prescription bottle, defendant officers, without probable cause, arrested plaintiff.  Defendant officers then stripped-searched plaintiff at the precinct, and, despite failing to find any contraband materials, informed Manhattan District Attorney's Office that plaintiff was in criminal possession of drugs.  Plaintiff was transferred to Manhattan Central Booking where he was held for several hours until the District Attorney's Office declined to prosecute him.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.436918/gov.uscourts.nysd.436918.1.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/17493811/sangiuolo-v-viruet/"},{"name":"Diaz, Johnny vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2014-10-01","disposition_date":"2015-03-18","payout_amount":100000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"14CV05126","court":"U.S. District Court - Southern District NY","officer_name":"Viruet, Tyrone","summary":"On August 16, 2011, Plaintiff was walking on a street in his neighborhood when NYPD officers approached him, falsely identified him as someone who had conducted a drug deal with an undercover officer, and arrested him. At the precinct, Plaintiff was subjected to a strip search, and the officers submitted a field report that falsely stated Plaintiff sold heroin to an undercover officer. In the criminal complaint, the undercover officers stated that they handed Plaintiff a recorded $20 bill. After bail was set, Plaintiff was unable to make bail, so he was held for nine months before they released him and dropped the charges. In dropping the charges, the District Attorney's office noted that, contrary to the complaint, their investigation showed that the undercover cop did not see money exchanged in this way, and Plaintiff only had eight $1 bills on him when he was arrested, with no indication of any drugs or more money in his vicinity.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.429413.2.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4353853/diaz-v-the-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Smith, Melvin vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2014-09-10","disposition_date":"2018-07-02","payout_amount":40000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"155550/2014","court":"Supreme Court - New York","officer_name":"Viruet, Tyrone","summary":"On March 8, 2013, defendant detectives Jose Sandobal, Tyrone Viruct, Jeff Harris, sergeant Joseph Serrano, and additional defendant police officers assaulted the Plaintiff while he was lawfully walking in the vicinity of 71 West 112th Street, New York, NY. The defendants grabbed Plaintiff and threw him onto the ground without provocation of legal justification. While the Plaintiff was on the ground the defendants continuously kicked, punched, and stomped Plaintiff's body, causing serious physical injuries including a fractured hand. The plaintiff did not resists and the defendants did not recover any weapons from the plaintiff. Plaintiff requested medical treatment but the defendants denied medical attention. Defendants not only assaulted and battered the plaintiff but failed to intervene to stop such assault and exhibited deliberate indifference and denial of medical care. When plaintiff was transported to Manhattan Central Booking for processing on March 9th, they refused to accept him because he had severe physical injuries. As a result of these events plaintiff suffered extreme psychological damage and significant and permanent physical injuries.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=mtE8ulpFBxBMqf3jn6QTew==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Vasquez, David vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2014-06-18","disposition_date":"2014-11-21","payout_amount":25000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"14CV03333","court":"U.S. District Court - Southern District NY","officer_name":"Viruet, Tyrone","summary":"Defendant Officers stopped Plaintiff on the street, threw him against a wall and handcuffed him excessively tight, took him to the 25th Precinct and strip-searched him.  Plaintiff charged with unspecified charges which were later dismissed.","documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4920166-Vasquez-V-The-City-of-New-York-et-al","type":"complaint"},{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4920167-Vasquez-V-The-City-of-New-York-et-al"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/13143632/vasquez-v-the-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Garnett, Kwame vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2013-10-16","disposition_date":"2014-11-21","payout_amount":20001,"disposition":"Order/Judgment (Verdict)","docket":"13CV07083","court":"U.S. District Court - Southern District NY","officer_name":"Viruet, Tyrone","summary":"Defendant Neftali Betances arrested plaintiff while he was playing games in an electronics store in connection with a buy-and-bust drug transaction that allegedly occurred across the street 10 minutes earlier in the presence of defendant Undercover Officer C0039. Plaintiff had no involvement in the alleged buy-and-bust drug transaction. Jury found plaintiff not guilty of the only charge against him--criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree. Following his acquittal, plaintiff was release from custody, after being incarcerated for nearly eight months at Rikers.","documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4919994-Garnett-v-The-City-of-New-York-et-al","type":"complaint"},{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4919993-Garnett-v-The-City-of-New-York-et-al"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4352797/garnett-v-the-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Reid, Nadjair vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2013-03-18","disposition_date":"2014-07-22","payout_amount":95000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"13CV01707","court":"U.S. District Court - Southern District NY","officer_name":"Viruet, Tyrone","summary":"On August 21, 2010, Plaintiff was on the street when he was surrounded by four NYPD officers and arrested.  Defendant Officer Tyrone Viruet swore false affidavits stating Plaintiff was selling narcotics near a school and had done so to an undercover officer.  Because Plaintiff was unable to post bail, he was held until November 15, 2010.  On December 6, 2010, all charges were dismissed.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.409087/gov.uscourts.nysd.409087.1.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4548994/reid-v-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Butler v. The City of New York","court":"U.S. District Court - Southern District NY","payout_amount":30000,"disposition":"Settlement","documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4919581-Butler-v-The-City-of-New-York"},{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4919580-Butler-v-The-City-of-New-York"}],"docket":"12CV03759","officer_name":"Tyrone W. Viruet"},{"name":"Stewart v. The City of New York","court":"U.S. District Court - Southern District NY","payout_amount":60000,"disposition":"Settlement","documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4918796-Stewart-v-The-City-of-New-York"},{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4918795-Stewart-v-The-City-of-New-York"}],"docket":"08CV07950","officer_name":"Tyrone W. Viruet"},{"name":"West v. The City of New York","court":"U.S. District Court - Southern District NY","payout_amount":115005,"disposition":"Settlement","documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4918943-West-v-The-City-of-New-York"},{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4918944-West-v-The-City-of-New-York"}],"docket":"09CV09207","officer_name":"Tyrone W. Viruet"}],"id":"AJ4V","url":"https://www.50-a.org/officer/AJ4V"}