{"active":false,"first_name":"Andrew","last_name":"Erato","race":"White","gender":"Male","rank":"DT2","command":{"command":"DB SVD","assignment_date":"2019-05-23","id":"203"},"shield_no":2395,"ended_date":"2024-02-01","taxid":"925243","complaint_ids":[201104299,201001431,200818053,200702669,200613431,200515534],"command_history":[{"command":"NARCBBN","id":"92"}],"appt_date":"2000-03-01","age":48,"middle_initial":"J","shield_no_history":[12498],"lawsuits":[{"name":"Jackson, Bryon vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2020-05-01","disposition_date":"2021-11-10","payout_amount":25000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"20CV03433","court":"U.S. District Court - Southern District NY","officer_name":"Erato, Andrew J.","summary":"On or about February 4, 2019, at 12:30 p.m., Mr. Byron Jackson, a black man, was stopped on 116th Avenue near its intersection with 146th Street in Queens by Officer Ropenus and five other unknown NYPD officers. The officers asked Mr. Jackson where he was coming from and where he was going. They told him that the prior night a woman had been assaulted by a black man wearing a similar coat to the one Mr. Jackson was wearing. They pressured Mr. Jackson into handing over his identification and allowing them to take photos of him and his ID, after which they permitted him to leave. \n\nOn or about February 8, 2019, at 8:30 p.m., Mr. Jackson was stopped on Harrison Street near its intersection with Main Street in New Rochelle by Officer Kane of the New Rochelle Police Department (\"NRPD\"). Officer Kane told Mr. Jackson that there was a warrant for his arrest. That statement was a lie; the NYPD had issued an \"i-card\" stating that Mr. Jackson was wanted for a rape that occurred on January 19, 2019. The i-card asked that anyone with information notify Officer Erato and lists Officer Cruz as the assigned investigator. Mr. Jackson informed Officer Kane that there was no warrant for his arrest. Officer Kane checked Mr. Jackson's identification and then handcuffed him; he never contacted Officers Erato or Cruz nor any other NYPD officer prior to this arrest. Officer Michael Moe of the NRPD arrived at the scene and took Mr. Jackson to a NRPD station by car. \n\nOfficer Abear of the NYPD (along with a Joe Doe officer) arrived and took Mr. Jackson to Queens in an NYPD car where he was placed in an interrogation room. The officers questioned Mr. Jackson nonstop for three hours. They made him unlock his cellphone so that they could inspect its contents outside of the room. Detective Abear falsely told Mr. Jackson that his semen had been found inside a woman in relation to a sexual assault. Mr. Jackson was informed that his wife had retained a lawyer and that he would be released at noon on February 9, 2019; his jacket and cellphone were not returned to him. Officers Ropenus and Abear informed him that his phone was being sent to a company to be opened and accessed against his will; it was never returned to him. Two supervisors were listed on the property invoice, Detective Sergeants Biscardi and Poon.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.536525/gov.uscourts.nysd.536525.69.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/17122274/jackson-v-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Francis, Ronald vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2014-11-05","disposition_date":"2015-05-20","payout_amount":35000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"14CV06166","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Erato, Andrew","summary":"On October 21, 2011, Plaintiff was lawfully present on the street when he was stopped, detained, searched and handcuffed by officer Andrew Erato without probable cause to believe he had committed any crime or offense. Plaintiff was imprisoned in a police vehicle for approximately five hours, and transported to the 81st Precinct. Plaintiff was imprisoned and subjected to three humiliating strip searches. Officer Erato, responsible for Plaintiff's care and custody, was aware that Plaintiff was being strip searched. Officer Erato and Undercover Officer #CO 251 manufactured false evidence against plaintiff to justify his arrest and search, purporting that he was involved in the sale of marijuana. Plaintiff was later released from custody without charges because of insufficient evidence to prosecute.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.362044/gov.uscourts.nyed.362044.12.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/13139941/francis-v-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Thompson, Carl vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2013-10-09","disposition_date":"2014-08-01","payout_amount":40000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"13CV05184","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Erato, Andrew","summary":"On July 24, 2012,  at approximately 8:00 p.m., plaintiff Carl Thompson was in his car in front of a McDonalds in Brooklyn, NY, when his friend, plaintiff John Rodriguez, pulled into a parking space.  They saw each other and started talking in plaintiff Thompson's car.  The defendant NYPD officers, including Detectives Matthew Zito and Andrew Erato, knocked on the window of the car with their guns, and subsequently yanked plaintiff Thompson from the car.  The officers then searched the car in a way that caused damage to the car.  Plaintiff Thompson had a prescription for methadone, but when the officers discovered it, they ignored his explanation, and arrested both plaintiffs.  They were falsely charged with possession of a controlled substance.  All charges against both plaintiffs were eventually dismissed.  Additionally, the officers deprived plantiff Thompson of his medication while in custody and held it for months until the case was dismissed.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.347114/gov.uscourts.nyed.347114.6.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/13050117/thompson-v-the-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Deas, Mark vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2013-01-15","disposition_date":"2013-08-13","payout_amount":65000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"13CV00240","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Erato, Andrew","summary":"On March 11, 2010, Plaintiff was driving a van in Brooklyn when Defendant Detectives Erato, Galati, and Khan pulled him over. Defendant Erato and Galati approached on both sides of the vehicle. Plaintiff had just blown his nose when Defendant Galati grabbed the tissue from Plaintiff's hand. Then, both Defendant Galati and Erato assaulted Plaintiff, one with his fist and the other with a handheld radio. After the Defendants struck the Plaintiff they sprayed mace in Plaintiff's face. Then both Defendants dragged Plaintiff from his vehicle and continued to strike him in the face with their fists and the handheld radio. As a result, Plaintiff fell unconscious, defecated in his pants, and suffered injuries to his face (including a fractured facial bone), neck, and body. At the precinct Defendant Galati ordered Plaintiff to get naked and subjected him to a strip search. At central booking, two unnamed Defendants, on two separate occasions, ordered Plaintiff to remove his clothes and subjected him to a strip search. After two years all charges against Plaintiff were adjourned in contemplation of dismissal.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.338143/gov.uscourts.nyed.338143.11.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/12958230/deas-v-the-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Rose v. City of New York et al","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","payout_amount":6000,"disposition":"Settlement","summary":"Plaintiff was unlawfully stopped, searched, assaulted, arrested, strip-searched and charged with felony. All charges dismissed.","documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4919034-Rose-v-City-of-New-York-et-al"},{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4919033-Rose-v-City-of-New-York-et-al"}],"docket":"10CV03069","officer_name":"Andrew J. Erato"},{"name":"Spears v. The City of New York","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","payout_amount":75000,"disposition":"Settlement","documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4919047-Spears-v-The-City-of-New-York"},{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4919048-Spears-v-The-City-of-New-York"}],"docket":"10CV03461","officer_name":"Andrew J. Erato"},{"name":"Ingram v. The City of New York et al","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","payout_amount":25000,"disposition":"Settlement","documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4926108-Ingram-v-The-City-of-New-York-et-al"},{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4926104-Ingram-v-The-City-of-New-York-et-al"}],"docket":"11CV02696","officer_name":"Andrew J. Erato"},{"name":"Bailey v. The City of New York et al","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","payout_amount":90000,"disposition":"Settlement","summary":"Defendant Officers approached Plaintiff on the street, assaulted him using fists, boots, a metal object, and mace, resulting in Plaintiff's 8 day hospitalization.  Plaintiff was charged with Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the Seventh Degree, which was later dismissed in the interest of justice.","documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4918733-Bailey-v-The-City-of-New-York-et-al"},{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4918732-Bailey-v-The-City-of-New-York-et-al"}],"docket":"08CV01841","officer_name":"Andrew J. Erato"}],"image":"https://www.50-a.org/images/officer/CGJ3-andrew-erato.jpg","id":"CGJ3","url":"https://www.50-a.org/officer/CGJ3"}