{"active":true,"first_name":"Steven","last_name":"Franzel","race":"White","gender":"Male","rank":"LT","command":{"command":"NARCBQS","assignment_date":"2024-10-15","id":"132"},"taxid":"945733","complaint_ids":[202504088,202200595,202002799,201701193,201304316,201300228,201200562,201105369],"command_history":[{"command":"073 PCT","id":"73pct"},{"command":"NARCBBS","id":"172"}],"appt_date":"2008-01-07","middle_initial":"L","shield_no_history":[26765,5181,3573],"lawsuits":[{"name":"Lewis, Malik, et Al vs City of Ny, et al.","start_date":"2024-12-31","disposition_date":"2025-11-26","payout_amount":118003,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"24CV08628","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69478131/5/smythe-v-the-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Rommeney, Cassidy vs City of Ny, et al.","start_date":"2024-03-26","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"706319/2024","court":"Supreme Court - Queens","summary":"On March 16, 2023, in the vicinity of Cornaga Avenue and Beach 22 Street in Queens, New York, plaintiff observed her father being unlawfully arrested by police and questioned why he was being arrested. The defendant NYPD officers then stopped, handcuffed, and arrested the plaintiff. At no time did the plaintiff engage in any criminal or unlawful behavior. After being arrested, the plaintiff was transferred to the 101st Precinct and confined to a cell with numerous other female prisoners.","documents":[{"url":"https://web.archive.org/web/20240822195717/https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=QsB9pFnMzNipqNzBjC6UZw==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Weber, Tiara, et Al vs City of Ny, et al.","start_date":"2022-09-13","disposition_date":"2023-03-01","payout_amount":38500,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"22CV04518","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","summary":"On August 29, 2019, three plaintiffs were playing the skully game near a playground in Brooklyn when officers approached the plaintiffs without cause and arrested them. The NYPD officers tightly handcuffed the plaintiffs causing pain and numbness in their hands. The plaintiffs asked if the handcuffs could be loosened or removed but the NYPD officers ignore their requests. When the plaintiffs inquired why they were being arrested, the NYPD officers threatened them with bodily harm, pushed, shoved, cursed, and screamed at them. People in the crowd who were fearful approached the NYPD officers but were threatened with arrest and bodily harm. When one plaintiff, complained about the verbal and physical abuse they were immediately subjected to abuse including being forcibly grabbed, slammed down on the floor, punched, kicked, and yelled at. The plaintiffs were dragged and pushed into the NYPD police vehicles. While at the precinct, the NYPD officers conducted an unlawful search of the plaintiffs. The NYPD officers did not find any contraband during their search however, they continued to detain the plaintiffs. The plaintiffs were detained for a lengthy period of time until being transported to Central Booking to wait for arraignment. The prosecutors believed the reports and statements from the NYPD officers and initiated criminal actions against the plaintiffs. The plaintiffs were arraigned and released on their own recognizance. In the following months, the falsely charged crimes against the three plaintiffs were dismissed and sealed.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.483612/gov.uscourts.nyed.483612.1.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/64861430/weber-v-the-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Bartholomew, Lavon vs City of Ny","start_date":"2021-08-12","disposition_date":"2023-05-02","payout_amount":465000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"21CV03729","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","summary":"On April 5, 2020 at 5:11 pm Plaintiffs Shaundell Hennegan (SH), Tysean Hennegan, J'chad Boyce and Curtis Miller were standing in the street. Plaintiff Miller was in the passenger seat of a car, and when POs Brian Ramirez and Justin Vasquez yelled at the Plaintiffs for not social distancing, SH got into the driver's seat. PO Ramirez demanded to see SH's DL, which was provided. PO Vasquez demanded to see Miller's ID; Miller refused since he was not doing anything. Miller began recording the interaction with his cell, and PO Vasquez slapped it out of his hand and began hitting Miller. SH then began recording, and the officers threw him to the ground and PO Ramirez began striking him with a bit stick. Sgts Darren Caranella, and Troy Peacock and POs Sean Slowski, and Christopher Read pinned SH to the ground, kneeing and striking him as they placed handcuffs on him. Plaintiff Boyce began recording the assaults, and POs Ramirez, Vasquez began beating him. POs Charles Ji, Michael John, Stephen Rice, Sgt Troy Peacock, and Lts Alexander Bobo and Michael Parscale joined in the assault as they arrived. PO Stephen Rice tased Boyce for several seconds before handcuffing him. Boyce, SH, and Miller were taken to the 073 Precinct, where they were taunted by PO Vasquez and Ramirez. Ramirez chocked Miller in the precinct. SH and Miller were released at 3pm and Boyce was released shortly after 5pm on April 6 without having been charged nor seeing a judge. \nOn April 8, 2020, Plaintiff Denzel Bobb was driving his vehicle, looking for parking SH was in the passenger seat, and Shaquweice Mills was in the rear seat. As Bobb was about to park, plainclothes Sgt Samuel Hui and Steven Franzel with officers Keith Stark, Richard Catapano and Vincent D'Andraia arrived in unmarked cars. They alleged that the car had a broken tailight. As Bobb attempted to retrieve the vehicle registration he was asked for by Sgt Hui, he was pulled out of the vehicle and Hui, Stark, and Franzel began beating him. SH and Mills were taken out of the vehicle by Franzel and Catapano and forced to sit on the ground with their handcuffs throughout the assault. Hui pointed his taser at them. Plaintiff Lavon Bartholomew witnessed the assault began recording. PO Stark told him to turn off the light on his camera, Bartholomew complied. Stark and D'Andraia approached Bartholomew again, slapped his phone out of his hand, whereupon they began beating him along with PO Richard Catapano. Upon handcuffing him too tightly, Catapano smashed his head on the sidewalk. All plaintiffs were taken to the precinct.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.466321/gov.uscourts.nyed.466321.29.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/60033301/bartholomew-v-ramirez/"},{"name":"Remy, Syndie, et Al vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2020-12-22","disposition_date":"2024-10-24","payout_amount":17500,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"20CV06189","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Franzel, Steven","summary":"On January 23, 2020 at approximately 6:45 NYPD Officers unlawfully executed a \"no knock\" warrant on Plaintiffs' home, conducted an illegal and humiliating search of Plaintiffs, used excessive force to arrest Plaintiffs without probable cause.  On January 22, 2020 Judge Calabrese issued a no knock warrant solely on Officer Tantillo's report that a confidential informant had observed an individual having guns and ammunition in Plaintiffs' home in Brooklyn. Defendant Officers broke down the door of Plaintiffs' home where they were with their two infant children. Defendants pointed guns at Plaintiff Remy, assaulted and her causing her to fall to the floor of her home, subjected her to an unreasonable search causing her robe to open exposing her nude body and refused to cover her body with robe afterwards, caused her to urinate on herself, threatened her, yelled at her, handcuffed and unlawfully imprisoned her without probable cause. Defendants points guns at Plaintiff Charles subjecting him to an unreasonable search, assaulted him battered him, pushed him on the floor of his home, threatened him, yelled at him, watched as his wife was handcuffed on the floor with her robe open and as Defendants refused to cover it; and unlawfully imprisoned him without probable cause. Plaintiffs were unlawfully detained and handcuffed for approximately 45 minutes. No firearms or munitions were found in Plaintiffs' home.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.457462/gov.uscourts.nyed.457462.32.0_5.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/18763483/remy-v-the-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Hamm, Thomas vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2019-08-16","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"517034/2019","court":"Supreme Court - Kings","officer_name":"Franzel, Steven","summary":"On or about January 6th, 2017, Plaintiff was lawfully present on the sidewalk, deconstructing a discarded vacuum clear to find a part to use in his own vacuum cleaner. Plaintiff was approached and searched by SGT Steven Franzel. SGT Franzel knew that individuals in the area were in recovery and targeted individuals in the area based on their status as recovery addicts. SGT Franzel found a receipt on Plaintiff's person that he believed contained heroin residue. Plaintiff was arrested, handcuffed, and transported to the 71st Precinct where he was detained in NYPD custody for 6 hours. Plaintiff was issued a ticket for criminal possession of a controlled substance. Plaintiff's case was ultimately resolved with an Adjournment in Contemplation of Dismissal.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=zbtMJqx2HniRxw47ZTOFhw==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Morris-Mendoza, Eric vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2018-07-24","disposition_date":"2019-06-27","payout_amount":35000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"18CV04127","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Franzel, Steven","summary":"The Plaintiff was inside the premises of a commercial location when the defendant officers of the NYPD entered brandishing weapons - seized, handcuffed, and arrested plaintiff. The plaintiff was transported to a local precinct station house. The Defendant Franzel convinced the KCDA to prosecute the Plaintiff on multiple charges of gun possession and one count of criminally possessing gambling records. After the imprisonment of the Plaintiff, the charged were dismissed.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.419915/gov.uscourts.nyed.419915.1.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/7476479/morris-mendoza-v-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Lewis, Angelique vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2017-01-11","disposition_date":"2020-02-20","payout_amount":8500,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"17CV00066","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Franzel, Steven","summary":"On or about October 8, 2015, at approximately 8:30pm, Angelique Lewis was in the shower when Officer Steven Frankel and John Doe 2 through 3 knocked down the door and demanded that Ms. Lewis get dressed while questioning her. The Officers arrested Ms. Lewis without probable cause. Officers John Doe 4 through 7 dragged Ms. Lewis into a windowless van. Ms. Lewis, who was eight months pregnant, felt ill and asked for medical assistance. The officers refused medical assistance and transported her to the precinct, where she was held in handcuffs for several hours without food or water. The officers falsely told the District Attorney that Ms. Lewis had committed various crimes. Ms. Lewis spent almost thirty hours in custody before arraignment.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.395629/gov.uscourts.nyed.395629.1.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/6129380/lewis-v-the-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Gibson, Daquinn vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2015-07-02","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"008224/2015","court":"Supreme Court - Kings","officer_name":"Franzel, Steven"},{"name":"Jones, Terry vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2015-02-09","disposition_date":"2015-12-21","payout_amount":15000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"15CV00573","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Franzel, Steven","summary":"Plaintiff was sitting on his stoop eating when Defendant undercover officers approached him, asked him what he was doing, and when he replied \"minding my own business\" they then grabbed him, threw him to the ground, and handcuffed him. Plaintiff was brought to the 73rd Precinct and charged with Assaulting an Officer, which was eventually dismissed.","documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4922507-Jones-v-City-of-New-York","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4324086/jones-v-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Mcfadden, Sean vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2014-12-05","disposition_date":"2015-09-22","payout_amount":12500,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"14CV06940","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Franzel, Steven","summary":"Defendant Officers approached Plaintiff after he pulled into his driveway and got out of his car, asked for his ID, became irate and assaulted Plaintiff. Plaintiff was taken to the 73rd Precinct and given a DAT, which was dismissed at arraignments.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.363555/gov.uscourts.nyed.363555.9.0.pdf","type":"complaint"},{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4920310-McFadden-et-al-v-The-City-of-New-York-et-al"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/8288501/mcfadden-v-the-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Tencati-Soverall, Nicholas vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2014-03-14","disposition_date":"2015-03-25","payout_amount":85000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"14CV01552","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Franzel, Steven","summary":"On May 11, 2013, Officers Gamalier Baez, Steven Franzel, and Christopher Muller stopped an automobile in which Plaintiff was a passenger. The officers approached the stopped car with their weapons drawn and shattered the driver's side window. Plaintiff was pulled from the front passenger seat by one or more of the officers and he was struck in the head with a baton. At no point did the officers observe Plaintiff do anything illegal. Plaintiff was treated at the hospital for injuries inflicted on his skull, jaw, face and neck. He was then taken to the precinct and to Central Booking. The officers prepared a false police report accusing Plaintiff of crimes he did not commit and made false statements to the DA's Office. On or about January 24, 2014, the charges were dismissed and sealed. The officers' acts and omissions caused Plaintiff to suffer great physical pain and lasting physical injuries.","documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4922736-Tencati-Soverall-v-City-of-New-York-et-al"},{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.353513.18.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4323214/tencati-soverall-v-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Glenn, Shakeeba vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2014-02-25","disposition_date":"2015-02-27","payout_amount":40000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"13CV06875","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Franzel, Steven","summary":"On September 8, 2012, three officers, from the 73rd Precinct, approached Shakeeba Glenn, who was lawfully sitting in a parked motor vehicle. The officers recognised Ms. Glenn as the plaintiff in an existing lawsuit against other police officers in the 73rd Precinct, which alleged that the officers had tasered Ms. Glenn in the abdomen while she was pregnant resulting in a miscarriage. The three officers stopped, detained, questioned and unlawfully searched Ms. Glenn's person and purse without cause. After retrieving her ID, one of the officers stated \"I knew that was her\" and \"I told you that was her\". The officers unlawfully arrested and handcuffed Ms. Glenn, stating \"Because you know who you are.\" \n\nMs. Glenn was taken to the 73rd Precinct Stationhouse. The officers viciously assaulted and battered Ms. Glenn, while she was restrained and handcuffed. Her resulting injuries included fractured bone(s), and Ms. Glenn's bladder was caused to release as a result of being stomped on. This attack was carried out as retaliation and in an effort to intimidate and discourage Ms. Glenn from pursuing her prior federal lawsuit. \n\nThe officers then manufactured an internal police department \"cover-up\" of the incident, in which they asserted that Ms. Glenn had injured herself.","documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4922737-Glenn-v-City-of-New-York-et-al"},{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.350006.11.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4323038/glenn-v-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Brice, Yves vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2013-07-22","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"011178/2013","court":"Supreme Court - Kings","officer_name":"Franzel, Steven"},{"name":"Callahan, Rayquan vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2013-06-26","disposition_date":"2014-01-22","payout_amount":55000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"13CV03607","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Franzel, Steven","summary":"Plaintiff was returning from a party in Bedford Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn by subway with two friends. Shortly after exiting the rockaway avenue station of the C train, plaintiff and his friends happened to come across an acquaintance, Jevonte. Suddenly plaintiff and his friends and jevonte were stopped, questioned and frisked by several plainclothes officers from an unmarked car, including defendants Berardi, Franzel, and Sambolin. Plaintiff and two friends were not found to be in possession of contraband of any kind. Berardi noticed juvenile Jevonte holding midsection of his jacket as if he was secreting an object. Jevonte chose to run and was chased by Berardi. Plaintiff and his friends left the scene while Berardi was chasing Jevonte. Defendant Sambolin observed their departure and reported it to Berardi. Shortly thereafter Berardi observed Jevonte throw a firearm underneath a parked vehicle on Dean Street. Berardi apprehended Jevonte and recovered the firearm.\u000bDespite the fact that Jevonte's possession of a firearm had not been visible to plaintiff and his friends and that none of them possessed or were in constructive possession of the firearm, Berardi placed a radio call directing that they be arrested.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.344104/gov.uscourts.nyed.344104.9.0.pdf","type":"complaint"},{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4919869-Callahan-v-The-City-of-New-York"},{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4919870-Callahan-v-The-City-of-New-York"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/13049749/callahan-v-city-of-new-york/"},{"officer_name":"Franzel, Steven","disposition":"Settlement","start_date":"2013-05-13","disposition_date":"2022-06-02","court":"Supreme Court - Kings","docket":"007939/2013","name":"Baccas, Shawn R. vs City of New York, et al.","payout_amount":250000},{"name":"Moore, David vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2013-01-08","disposition_date":"2013-08-06","payout_amount":12000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"12CV05480","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Franzel, Steven","summary":"On August 13, 2012, Plaintiff was riding his bike home in Brooklyn when a Defendant Officer approached, ordered him off his bike and told him to put his hands up. Plaintiff complied and Defendant searched him. Plaintiff told the Defendant he was just riding home and then Defendant searched him a second time and handcuffed him despite no contraband being recovered and no probable cause or reasonable suspicion that Plaintiff had committed any crime. Plaintiff was brought to the Precinct and Defendant Officers levied false claims against him. Those charges were adjourned in contemplation of dismissal. On January 4, 2013, Plaintiff was walking in Brooklyn when plain clothes Officers in an unmarked car pulled up next to him and stopped. Defendant Officers exited and searched Plaintiff and again arrested him without reason. At the precinct Defendant Officers again levied false charged against Plaintiff.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.336030/gov.uscourts.nyed.336030.16.0.pdf","type":"complaint"},{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4919674-Moore-v-City-of-New-York-et-al"},{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4919673-Moore-v-City-of-New-York-et-al"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/12957975/moore-v-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Britton et al v. The City Of New York et al","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","payout_amount":45000,"disposition":"Settlement","summary":"Defendant officers warrantlessly entered Plaintiff's home on multiple occasions searching for a suspect. On this occasion, defendant Sambolin created arrest paperwork in which he stated that the defendants had recovered a decorative sword, a machete, a gravity knife, and marijuana from the premises. DA declined to prosecute.","documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4921323-Britton-et-al-v-The-City-Of-New-York-et-al"},{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/5378254-Britton-et-al-v-The-City-Of-New-York-et-al"}],"docket":"15CV06710","officer_name":"Steven L. 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