{"active":false,"first_name":"Anthony","last_name":"Gonzalez","race":"Hispanic","gender":"Male","rank":"SGT","command":{"command":"WARRSEC","assignment_date":"2021-11-15","id":"118"},"shield_no":1564,"ended_date":"2025-04-01","taxid":"934943","complaint_ids":[202309930,202208264,202206259,202201592,201904100,201305631,201303532,201006950,200710685,200704208,200608089,200606112],"command_history":[{"command":"DB CEIS","id":"94"},{"command":"073 PCT","id":"73pct"}],"appt_date":"2004-07-01","age":44,"shield_no_history":[23850,4092],"lawsuits":[{"name":"W., A. By & Through His Parent & Guardian, Mcclain, Kamesha vs City of Ny, et al.","start_date":"2025-06-26","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"25CV02937","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/70382115/w-v-the-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Arroyo, Jeremiah vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2015-08-31","disposition_date":"2020-05-06","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"Administrative Closing","docket":"507629/2015","court":"Supreme Court - Kings","officer_name":"Gonzalez, Anthony","summary":"On June 6, 2012, at approximately 6:00 a.m., NYPD Officer Neil Casey, Sergeant Ricardo Otero, Officer Anthony Gonzales, and ten unidentified NYPD officers executed a search warrant at 158 Hull Street in Brooklyn and falsely arrested Plaintiff. Plaintiff was released from custody from Kings County Central Booking several hours later after the Kings County District Attorney’s Office found that the officers lacked probable cause to arrest him. On June 19, 2012, at approximately 4:30 p.m., the same police officers falsely arrested Plaintiff in the vicinity of Hull Street and Rockaway Avenue in Brooklyn for committing the same crimes he had already been falsely arrested for. The officers did not possess any additional facts when they arrested Plaintiff for the second time. Although they did not recover any drugs, weapons, or contraband of any kind from Plaintiff, the officers placed him in handcuffs, arrested him, and transported him to the 73rd Precinct.\n\nThe officers spoke to the Special Narcotics Prosecutor instead of the Kings County District Attorney’s Office, neglecting to tell him that the DA had declined to prosecute Plaintiff for the same crimes. They purposefully and maliciously misled the Special Narcotics Prosecutor to prosecute in order to justify the arrest made on June 6, 2012. Based on false information provided by the officers, the Office of the Special Narcotics Prosecutor initiated a prosecution against Plaintiff on June 19, 2012. After 24 hours in police custody, Plaintiff was arraigned and falsely charged with several crimes. Plaintiff was unlawfully detained until July 2, 2012. After several court appearances, all charges were dismissed in Plaintiff’s favor on January 31, 2013.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=/Rq0J2p3GWQhM1h5cT9VGQ==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Hutto, Frank, et al. vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2015-04-23","disposition_date":"2016-02-11","payout_amount":30000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"15CV01482","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Gonzalez, Anthony","summary":"On June 6, 2012 at approximately 6:00 AM, defendant police officers Gonzalez and unnamed officers #1-15 busted down plaintiffs Rojas and Hutto's apartment door, while plaintiffs were sleeping.  The incident occurred at 158 Hull Street in Brooklyn.  The defendants searched the premises.  Without provocation, an unnamed defendant threw plaintiff Rojas on the floor, causing bruising on her body.  Defendants recovered a .22 caliber firearm and ammunition for .32 caliber weapon as well as marijuana in the apartment.  Plaintiff maintain they had no knowledge of the firearm, ammunition, or marijuana in the apartment.  Plaintiffs were arrested and transported to the 73rd Precinct and subsequently Central Booking.  Plaintiffs were detained for approximately 72 hours, and released on June 9, 2012.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.367684/gov.uscourts.nyed.367684.1.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/13242175/hutto-v-the-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Gardner, Shameka, et al. vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2015-04-15","disposition_date":"2016-08-15","payout_amount":55000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"15CV01334","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Gonzalez, Anthony","summary":"On July 30, 2012, defendant officers had kicked in plaintiff Shameka Gardner's door to her home, pulled plaintiff's hair, and detained plaintiff. Officers proceeded to detain both plaintiff's children and brought them to the 73rd Precinct. Plaintiff had been charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh degree.  These charges were subsequently dismissed. / On July 30, 2012, defendant officers dragged plaintiff Sharon Hart out of her home and into a police car. She was charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh degree. She did not possess any controlled substances constructively or otherwise. All charges against Plaintiff were adjourned in contemplation of dismissal and dismissed. On July 30, 2012, defendant officer placed plaintiff Alexander Rhodes in a police car and transported him to the 73rd precinct. Plaintiff was charged with narcotics related offenses and was incarcerated for two weeks prior to posting bail. Plaintiff did not possess any controlled substances constructively or otherwise. All charges against Plaintiff Rhodes were dismissed.","documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4920521-Gardner-et-al-v-The-City-of-New-York-et-al","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/13242144/gardner-v-the-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Arroyo, Jeremiah vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2015-02-12","disposition_date":"2015-06-11","payout_amount":22000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"500895/2015","court":"Supreme Court - Kings","officer_name":"Gonzalez, Anthony","summary":"On June 6, 2012 at approximately 6 AM, Plaintiff was inside of his girlfriend's apartment when suddenly, and without knocking and identifying themselves, Officer Anthony Gonzalez and other unknown officers forcefully broke down the front door and entered without a warrant, probable cause or exigent circumstances. The officers ordered Plaintiff to get on the ground and handcuffed and detained Plaintiff. Plaintiff was falsely arrested and taken to the precinct where he was detained for many hours. On or about June 7, 2012 at approximately 6 AM, Plaintiff was taken to central booking. On June 8, 2012 at approximately 2 AM Plaintiff was released without being charged with a crime and without being arraigned, after the DA's office declined to prosecute Plaintiff due to insufficient evidence.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=NEcFNckauzaYEA_PLUS_IwYp1vw==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Pickett, Neshelle vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2014-01-30","disposition_date":"2014-12-22","payout_amount":80000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"14CV00623","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Gonzalez, Anthony","summary":"On June 6, 2012, officers Anthony Gonzalez, James Grillo, and several other officers entered Plaintiff's home when she was sleeping in her underwear, pointed their firearms at her, and arrested her without probable cause. To justify Plaintiff's false arrest, the officers fabricated a story that they recovered marijuana in Plaintiff's home, that she was involved in a conspiracy with the father of her children to sell illegal drugs, and that she possessed drugs and a weapon found at the father's home when she did not live with him. Officers Gonzalez and Grillo, acting in concert with other officers involved in Plaintiff's arrest, falsely charged Plaintiff with narcotic charges. Officer Gonzalez, acting in concert with the other officers including Officer Grillo, misrepresented to prosecutors regarding the charges. Numerous officers and at least one supervisor, including Officer Grillo, observed their fellow officer violating Plaintiff's constitutional rights but failed to intervene. Because Plaintiff initially could not post bail, she was incarcerated in Rikers Island. At Rikers Island, an unnamed correction officer, in concert with doctors, subjected Plaintiff to a non-consensual gynaecological exam. Plaintiff was incarcerated for approximately 40 days. Prosecutors dismissed the false charges against Plaintiff more than a year after Plaintiff's release.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.351827/gov.uscourts.nyed.351827.18.0.pdf","type":"complaint"},{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4920054-Pickett-v-The-City-of-New-York"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/13138813/pickett-v-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Watson, Darius vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2013-11-01","disposition_date":"2014-06-16","payout_amount":45000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"13CV05847","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Gonzalez, Anthony","summary":"On June 2, 2011, Plaintiff was walking down a street in Brooklyn when an unmarked car with several plainclothes officers drove by. When people at the street corner started running, Plaintiff believed to be in danger and started running. When Plaintiff realized that the individuals in the car were police officers, he stopped running. Defendant P.O.s, with their guns drawn, placed plaintiff under arrest and handcuffed him. No contraband or firearms were found upon search of the Plaintiff. The Defendant P.O.s then falsely charged Plaintiff with criminal possession of a weapon. As a result of this charge, Plaintiff was held at Riker's Island for five days. At trial Defendant P.O.s made false statement regarding Plaintiff's alleged possession of a firearm.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.348223.1.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4520175/watson-v-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Spencer, Raheem, et al. vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2013-10-01","disposition_date":"2014-04-17","payout_amount":15500,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"13CV05354","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Gonzalez, Anthony","summary":"On January 27, 2012, Plaintiffs were together in Plaintiff Raheem Spencer's home when NYPD Officers including Officers Kamina, Daly, and Gonzales beginning banging and shouting to open the door. The officers admitted to not having a warrant to enter the apartment but continued to loudly demand entry for the next 45 minutes, which Plaintiffs refused to grant. The force of the officers' knocking eventually broke the door and jammed it. Upon leaving the apartment, an occupant was forced to pry the door open with a crowbar. When the door opened, the officers rushed into the apartment without permission, handcuffed the occupants, and searched the apartment without permission or warrant. After 40 minutes, the officers exited the apartment claiming to have found a large amount of crack/cocaine in a bag belonging to one of the non-Plaintiff occupants of the apartment. The Plaintiffs were subsequently released.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.347395/gov.uscourts.nyed.347395.1.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/13050161/spencer-v-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Willis, John, et al. vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2013-05-07","disposition_date":"2013-11-08","payout_amount":40000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"13CV02603","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Gonzalez, Anthony","summary":"On July 11, 2012, at approximately 6:05 a.m., at the premises located at 104 Somers Street in Kings County, New York, Defendant members of the New York City Police Department forcibly entered the Plaintiffs' apartment, and illegally searched the apartment and ransacked it, destroying Plaintiffs' personal property. Plaintiffs were detained, handcuffed, taken to the 73rd New York City Police Precinct, and then taken to Central Booking in Kings County, New York where they were released from custody prior to arraignment. Plaintiffs were held in custody in excess of 30 hours.","documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4923139-Willis-et-al-v-City-of-New-York-et-al"},{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.342266/gov.uscourts.nyed.342266.15.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/13049519/willis-v-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Cheeves, Andre, et al. vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2013-03-15","disposition_date":"2014-01-08","payout_amount":34925,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"13CV01272","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Gonzalez, Anthony","summary":"On or about April 14, 2012, Plaintiffs were sitting on a porch. Police officers, including Defendants Montas, Gonzalez, and Grillo, approached the porch and searched Plaintiffs' persons. The officers then detained Plaintiffs while they searched the porch. Defendants found no contraband on Plaintiffs or the porch. However, they arrested Plaintiffs and transported them to a precinct by a police van. That Defendants had neither valid evidence for Plaintiffs’ arrest nor legal cause or excuse to seize and detain them.\n\nAt the precinct, Plaintiffs were strip searched by officers. Plaintiffs were each issued a summons for Disorderly Conduct - Obscene Language. Plaintiffs were held at the precinct for approximately 2.5 hours before being released on their own recognizance. All charges against Plaintiffs were dismissed before Plaintiffs were required to appear in court.","documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4923140-Cheeves-et-al-v-The-City-of-New-York-et-al"},{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.340166/gov.uscourts.nyed.340166.20.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/13049311/cheeves-v-the-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Johnson, Dewayne, et al. vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2013-03-13","disposition_date":"2014-04-17","payout_amount":182500,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"13CV00921","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Gonzalez, Anthony","summary":"On July 6, 2011, the police conducted a search of 356A Bristol Street, where plaintiffs either lived or were staying. A locked storage shed, which is not accessible to plaintiffs, outside the building was searched and the police recovered guns and marijuana. Despite the lack of connection Police Officers Ronald Montas, Armegnol Deida, Anthony Gonzalez and four John Does arrested plaintiffs and charged plaintiffs with possession of the contraband.","documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4923227-Johnson-et-al-v-City-of-New-York-et-al"},{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.339437.14.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4520085/johnson-v-city-of-new-york/"},{"officer_name":"Gonzalez, Anthony","disposition":"Settlement","start_date":"2012-10-24","disposition_date":"2013-07-24","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","docket":"12CV05155","name":"Lynch, Usavior vs City of New York, et al.","payout_amount":20000,"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/12957911/lynch-v-city-of-new-york/"},{"officer_name":"Gonzalez, Anthony","disposition":"Zero Disposition","start_date":"2010-03-05","disposition_date":"2013-12-31","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","docket":"10CV00946","name":"Aiken, Regina, et Al vs City of New York, et al.","payout_amount":0,"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4320289/aiken-v-the-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":"Anthony Gonzalez","url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4324996/britton-v-the-city-of-new-york/"}],"discipline":[{"disposition_date":"2024-05-14","case_no":"2024-29782","penalty":"Training","recommendation":"Training","allegations":[{"desc":"Violated patrol rules."},{"desc":"Wrongful entry of a premises."},{"desc":"Wrongful search of a premises."}]}],"id":"CP9Z","url":"https://www.50-a.org/officer/CP9Z"}