{"active":true,"first_name":"Braulio","last_name":"Aponte","race":"Hispanic","gender":"Male","rank":"SGT","command":{"command":"BX CT","assignment_date":"2024-10-05","id":"89"},"shield_no":1127,"taxid":"948623","complaint_ids":[202503103,202106820,201901127,201200709],"command_history":[{"command":"IAB","id":"IAB"},{"command":"PSA 8","id":"PSA8"},{"command":"PSA 7","id":"PSA7"},{"command":"NARCBBX"}],"appt_date":"2010-07-06","shield_no_history":[581,175],"lawsuits":[{"name":"Mercado, Samuel et al. vs City of Ny et al.","start_date":"2021-12-29","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"814604/2021E","court":"Supreme Court - Bronx","summary":"On January 24, 2018, at approximately 1:00 a.m., inside the residential premises of 1715 Longfellow Avenue, The Bronx, New York, Plaintiffs, Mr. SAMUEL MERCADO and Ms. MARIBEL RIVERA, were illegally stopped, searched, seized, arrested and detained by defendants, police officers, detectives, sergeants, lieutenants, inspectors or other supervisory officers, employed by the NYPD.  Plaintiff, Mr. Samuel Mercado (“Mr. Mercado”), is a Black, African American, Hispanic or Latino male, and Plaintiff, Ms. Maribel Rivera (“Ms. Rivera”), is an African American, Black, Latina or Hispanic female. The defendants did not possess a judicially authorized warrant to arrest Plaintiffs and did not possess a lawfully obtained search warrant for the residential premises. Then defendants approached the Plaintiffs aggressively with their arms outstretched in a threatening and intimidating manner, and physically restraining the Plaintiffs, violently contorting their hands behind their back before tightly handcuffing them.  Plaintiffs sustained substantial physical pain and injuries to their back, necks, arms, hands and wrists as a result. \nDefendants then proceeded to search Plaintiffs’ and subjected them to strip-searches with attendant cavity inspections of their persons. Prior to Plaintiffs being arraigned in criminal court, defendants, filed a criminal court complaint against Plaintiffs in Bronx County Criminal Court, accusing Plaintiffs of committing various crimes vis-à-vis the doctrine of constructive possession, including Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the Third-Degree and other related charges. Plaintiffs were detained for (7) days, until their releases from physical custody on, or about, January 30, 2018. On July 26, 2018, the criminal proceedings were terminated in favor of Plaintiffs and all adverse charges were unconditionally and summarily dismissed and sealed.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=0SBAMUsqdwTKqi5X99lk2w==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Boyd, Mark vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2019-05-02","disposition_date":"2020-04-08","payout_amount":70000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"025217/2019E","court":"Supreme Court - Bronx","officer_name":"Aponte, Braulio","summary":"On December 11, 2018, at approximately 11:00 p.m., Plaintiff was in the vicinity of 2640 Marion Avenue, Bronx, New York. Police officers, including Detective Derek Rivera, Police Officer Braulio Aponte, and unnamed officers approached Plaintiff without an arrest warrant, probable cause, or any legal justification. The officers stopped, searched, and seized Plaintiff, using excessive force in the process. Plaintiff was subjected to a strip search and maliciously prosecuted. After being detained for over 24 hours and facing multiple court appearances, the charges were eventually dismissed in Plaintiff favor.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=6QlgQ2Q3T85Da3MeqBEz9A==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Greene, Donna vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2019-04-08","disposition_date":"2020-02-10","payout_amount":11500,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"19CV00246","court":"U.S. District Court - Southern District NY","officer_name":"Aponte, Braulio","summary":"Around 12:00 am on October 11, 2017, three officers entered a grocery store and arrested Ms. Greene, who is legally blind, for crimes she did not commit. She was pushed into the van and was not provided assistance in putting on her seatbelt. She was transported to the 48th precinct, but during the ride, she slid and hit her head. At the precinct, she was arraigned, but the charges were later dropped.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.508078/gov.uscourts.nysd.508078.6.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/14894653/greene-v-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Gregory, Tyreece R. vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2015-09-30","disposition_date":"2018-02-27","payout_amount":20000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"025160/2015E","court":"Supreme Court - Bronx","officer_name":"Aponte, Braulio"},{"officer_name":"Aponte, Braulio","disposition":"Settlement","start_date":"2012-06-29","disposition_date":"2013-02-06","court":"U.S. District Court - Southern District NY","docket":"12CV05104","name":"Robinson, Murice vs City of New York, et al.","payout_amount":20000,"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/12961365/robinson-v-the-city-of-new-york/"}],"documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24441170-bronx-notified-officers-list-edited_redacted-redacted_redacted","type":"credibility-finding"}],"payroll":{"salary":"105606","regular":"105305","overtime":"67393","other":"20660","total":"193357"},"news":[{"url":"https://www.nydailynews.com/2023/10/19/nypd-internal-affairs-sergeant-arrested-after-driving-drunk-to-work-cops/","title":"NYPD Internal Affairs sergeant arrested after driving drunk to work: cops","source":"New York Daily News","date":"2023-10-19"}],"id":"BZ83","url":"https://www.50-a.org/officer/BZ83"}