{"active":false,"first_name":"Vassilios","last_name":"Aidiniou","race":"White","gender":"Male","rank":"SGT","command":{"command":"INT PSS","assignment_date":"2015-08-17","id":"52"},"shield_no":2875,"ended_date":"2022-02-03","taxid":"923492","shield_no_history":[3148,2826],"appt_date":"1999-07-07","lawsuits":[{"name":"Murray, Tamara as Png of Bryant, Devanae, et al. vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2017-06-15","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"511558/2017","court":"Supreme Court - Kings","officer_name":"Aidiniou, Vassilios","summary":"On June 20, 2014, Defendant NYPD officer VASSILIO AIDNINOU and three unidentified officers forcibly entered the apartment of Plaintiff Tamara Murray, located at 329 East 29th Street in Brooklyn, NY, without a warrant while she was asleep along with her six children. After breaking open the door, the Defendant officers proceeded to pull the Plaintiff and her children out of bed, throw them to the floor while pointing firearms at them, and then subjected them to excessive force. Plaintiff Murray's child, co-Plaintiff Shatyana Thomas was pulled from her bed by her ankles and then knelt upon by one of the Defendants. Infant co-Plaintiffs Jaemes Cadeus sustained injuries to his head and neck after being \"seized roughly.\" Infant co-Plaintiff Deavanae Bryant sustained an injury to her hand. The Defendants then proceeded to unlawfully detain the Plaintiffs within their home while a warrantless search of the apartment was conducted. The incident does not appear to have resulted in an arrest of the Plaintiff(s).","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=p3EJFBP1BRwZpAFdSwRQhg==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Moore, Eugene vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2015-08-12","disposition_date":"2017-09-19","payout_amount":125000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"15CV04365","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Aidiniou, Vassilios","summary":"Plain clothes defendant officers exited vehicle, approached plaintiff and began to pat frisk plaintiff looking for a weapon. Gun was found in a nearby doorway. Plaintiff was charged with criminal possession of a weapon in the third and fourth degree. The case was dismissed and sealed.","documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4920899-Moore-v-City-of-New-York-et-al"},{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.373366/gov.uscourts.nyed.373366.41.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4324622/moore-v-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Herring, Jeffrey vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2015-01-23","disposition_date":"2017-07-21","payout_amount":110001,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"15CV00276","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Aidiniou, Vassilios","summary":"Defendant Officers approached Plaintiff while he was on the phone with a  friend outside his building.  Officers handcuffed him, brought him to the 67th precinct,  strip searched him, and questioned him for 3-4 hours trying to get information from him.  Plaintiff was charged with Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the 2nd Degree, which was dismissed 19 months later on the prosecutor's motion.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.365219.1.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4324030/herring-v-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Cadeus, Jeames, et al. vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2014-02-18","disposition_date":"2015-12-10","payout_amount":145000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"14CV00626","court":"U.S. District Court - Southern District NY","officer_name":"Aidiniou, Vassilios","summary":"Entered residential building without a warrant, searched house, yard, and car, and falsely charged Plaintiffs with Criminal Possession of a Weapon, Unlawful Possession of Marijuana, later dismissed and given ACD.","documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4920056-Cadeus-et-al-v-The-City-of-New-York","type":"complaint"},{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4920055-Cadeus-et-al-v-The-City-of-New-York"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/13245395/cadeus-v-the-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Weeks, Christopher vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2013-11-15","disposition_date":"2014-06-04","payout_amount":60000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"13CV06301","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Aidiniou, Vassilios","summary":"On August 31, 2012, defendants Jeanbaptiste, Adiniou, Santiago and a Doe defendant subjected plaintiff to excessive force by slamming him on the ground and striking him on his body, without any legal justification or excuse. Despite the absence of any evidence of wrongdoing, the defendants searched plaintiff, applied handcuffs to him and arrested him, after which they continued to subject him to excessive force by inter alia striking him on his face and body, as a result of which he sustained physical injuries. The defendants took him to the 67th precinct where the plaintiff was searched and held for several hours. Defendant Jeanbaptiste provided false allegations in support of the criminal complaint on which the plaintiff was arraigned. The defendants knew that these allegations were false. As a result of the allegations, the Kings County District Attorney commenced a criminal prosecution of the plaintiff for Resisting Arrest and Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Fourth Degree. O July 25, 2013, plaintiff pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct, for which he was given a conditional discharge.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.349118/gov.uscourts.nyed.349118.10.0.pdf","type":"complaint"},{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4919961-Weeks-v-City-of-New-York-et-al"},{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4919962-Weeks-v-City-of-New-York-et-al"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/13050401/weeks-v-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Lewis v. City of New York et al","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","payout_amount":12500,"disposition":"Settlement","documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4919115-Lewis-v-City-of-New-York-et-al"},{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4919114-Lewis-v-City-of-New-York-et-al"}],"docket":"10CV05291","officer_name":"Vassilios Aidiniou"}],"news":[{"title":"The Incredibles: Judges Said These Cops Can't Be Trusted, So Why Does the D.A. Rely on Them?","url":"http://www.villagevoice.com/news/the-incredibles-judges-said-these-cops-cant-be-trusted-so-why-does-the-da-rely-on-them-9292168","source":"Village Voice","date":"2016-11-01"},{"title":"In Brooklyn Gun Cases, Suspicion Turns to the Police","url":"https://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/12/nyregion/gun-arrests-with-2-things-in-common-the-officers-and-unidentified-informers.html","source":"New York Times","date":"2014-12-11"}],"id":"AZFT","url":"https://www.50-a.org/officer/AZFT"}