{"active":false,"first_name":"Johnny","last_name":"Castillo","race":"Hispanic","gender":"Male","rank":"POM","command":{"command":"052 PCT","id":"52pct"},"shield_no":5895,"ended_date":"2020-08-05","taxid":"948523","complaint_ids":[201809321,201508420,201610537,201311649,201309734,201214548,201207116,201205221,201202987],"command_history":[{"command":"PBBS","id":"PBBS"},{"command":"120 PCT","id":"120pct"},{"command":"121 PCT","id":"121pct"}],"appt_date":"2010-01-11","lawsuits":[{"name":"Patella, Kimberly vs Sgt. Anzalone, Albert, et al.","start_date":"2014-05-06","disposition_date":"2015-08-19","payout_amount":50001,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"14CV02314","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Castillo, Johnny","summary":"On or about August 16, 2013, Plaintiff was lawfully present at a gas station when she was ordered to step outside the premises by PO Johnny Castillo, who thereafter asked Plaintiff to present her identification. Plaintiff went to her vehicle and presented her ID. PO Castillo then forcibly removed Plaintiff from her vehicle, slammed her against the body of the vehicle, and promptly threw her to the ground. With Plaintiff on the ground, PO Castillo continued to apply excessive force to her back and neck. While Plaintiff was still on the ground, two other officers, at the time of the complaint known as PO Michael Carr and PO John Doe #2 (the name John Doe being fictitious, as the true name was unknown at the time the complaint was filed) approached the scene. PO Michael Carr and PO John Doe #2 failed to intervene, stop, limit, or otherwise prevent the actions of PO Castillo. PO Michael Carr and PO John Doe #2 raised the Plaintiff by her arms from the ground. PO John Doe #2 proceeded to stomp on Plaintiff’s right foot, and PO Michael Carr applied excessive force to Plaintiff’s right shoulder, while she was already in custody. PO Castillo proceeded to search Plaintiff’s vehicle. The search did not reveal any evidence of criminal or unlawful activity whatsoever, but Sgt. Albert Anzalone and PO Castillo’s nevertheless alleged that a controlled substance was in plain view.  Plaintiff was brought to the precinct without any legal basis. Sgt. Albert Anzalone and PO Castillo filled out false and/or misleading incident reports and statements alleging Plaintiff’s possession of a controlled substance, and Plaintiff was charged with the same. Plaintiff was kept in custody for a prolonged period of time without legal basis. All charges against Plaintiff were dismissed on or about August 17, 2013.","documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4922745-Patella-v-Anzalone-et-al"},{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.355110.16.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4323290/patella-v-anzalone/"},{"name":"Ortega, Luis, et al. vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2013-12-26","disposition_date":"2017-02-21","payout_amount":341227.47,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"13CV06646","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Castillo, Johnny","summary":"On September 2, 2012, plaintiffs Luis Ortega, Alba Cuevas, Ana Gregorio, Evelyn Lugo, George Lugo, Edwin Avellanet, and Crystal Cruz were gathered at the home of Evelyn Lugo to celebrate Labor Day. Avellanet stepped outside to throw out a bag of garbage and was stopped and questioned by officers Charles Drobness and Ralph Conde, despite not committing a crime. The officers requested Avallenet's ID, and he refused after the officers refused to say why they needed it. The officers then grabbed him, and Avallenet pulled his arm away and escaped into the house. Other officers, including Thomas Nigro, Mary Gillespie, Yuriy Chuyko, Thomas Kamper, Efrain Hernandez, Johnny Castillo, Jason Greenberg, John Yen, Joseph Perfetto, Kenneth Greene, and Richard Guerrieri responded to the location. The officers began breaking the windows and Evelyn Lugo opened the door. The officers pulled her out of the house, threw her to the ground, and detained her outside for 30 minutes. An officer struck Avellanet 2 to 3 times with a hard object (likely a baton or flashlight) and brought him outside. Plaintiff Ortega approached the front door, and officers grabbed him, threw him to the ground, and struck him multiple times with a baton. An officer grabbed plaintiff Gregorio and threw her into a dresser with a birdcage on it, causing Lugo's bird to fall out. An officer killed the bird by stepping on it. Alba Cuevas and and George Lugo were upstairs with minor children, and after hearing the commotion exited into the hallway. The officers employed Oleoresin Capsicum spray in the hallways, spraying George Lugo, Cuevas, Gregorio and the children. Cuevas had to retreat to the bedroom to catch her breath because she suffers from asthma. After the spraying, an officer struck George Lugo twice with a baton, and once Lugo fell to the ground, the officers held his arms behind his back and continued to strike him. Plaintiff Cruz began yelling at the officers to stop hitting him and was struck three times with a baton. The officers then handcuffed George Lugo and took him into custody. They also kicked the bedroom door open to arrest Cuevas twisting her arms behind her back and placing tight handcuffs over her writsts.\n\nAfter receiving medical treatment, Ortega, George Lugo, and Cuevas were imprisoned until they were arraigned on September 4, 2012 for baseless charges based on falls allegations from Drobness, Conde, and Nigro. All charges against the plaintiffs were favorably terminated.","documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4922747-Ortega-et-al-v-City-of-New-York-et-al"},{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.349894.47.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4323022/ortega-v-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Mclean, Christopher vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2013-06-21","disposition_date":"2013-12-30","payout_amount":20000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"13CV03345","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Castillo, Johnny","summary":"On February 10, 2012, PO Johnny Castillo, Adeline Thompson, and others without probable cause and/or justification, arrested the plaintiff on or near 1000 President Street, Brooklyn New York, where Plaintiff had just finished parking his car in a legal parking spot. The defendant officer asked Plaintiff to exit his car so that he can issue plaintiff with a summons/ticket, as plaintiff was exiting his car, plaintiff enquired what the ticket was for and why he had to exit the car to receive a ticket, the defendant officer without justification immediately grabbed plaintiff violently and pulled plaintiff out of his car and placed plaintiff under arrest for double parking, amongst other charges. Officers unlawfully arrested and searched Plaintiff. After several hours, plaintiff was transported to the precinct where he was searched, pedigreed and placed in a cell for several hours without being provided with any food, drink, or access to proper restroom facilities. The Defendants Officers wrongfully and illegally arrested detained, and maliciously prosecuted the Plaintiff without a valid warrant, without Plaintiff’s consent, and without probable cause or reasonable suspicion. As a result,  plaintiff was caused to return to court on several occasions until February 1, 2013, when the plaintiff was acquitted after a trial.","documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4922746-McLean-v-City-of-New-York-et-al"},{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.343599.11.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4322663/mclean-v-city-of-new-york/"}],"documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24441170-bronx-notified-officers-list-edited_redacted-redacted_redacted","type":"credibility-finding"}],"id":"BY8T","url":"https://www.50-a.org/officer/BY8T"}