{"active":false,"first_name":"Matthew","last_name":"Brennan","race":"White","gender":"Male","rank":"POM","command":{"command":"032 PCT","id":"32pct"},"shield_no":12986,"ended_date":"2016-09-01","taxid":"956453","lawsuits":[{"name":"Patterson, Michael vs City of Ny, et al.","start_date":"2024-03-25","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"24CV02106","court":"U.S. District Court - Southern District NY","summary":"On September 9, 2016, Plaintiff was seized and forcibly handcuffed by Defendants Police Officer Brian Hinton and Police Officer Javad Valad despite him not engaging in any lawful conduct. Despite the continuing absence of probable cause for his arrest, Plaintiff was transported to NYPD precinct. Once at the state, Plaintiff was subjected to a strip search which failed to yield any contraband.  While in defendants’ custody, defendant Hinton, with the help and complicity of the other defendants, completed arrest paperwork and executed a sworn statement in which he falsely claimed that, at about 6:00 pm on the evening of September 9, 2016, he was in a patrol car with defendant Brennan when they observed plaintiff recklessly driving a dirt bike on a public roadway and that they saw plaintiff crash the bike into another vehicle. Hinton's allegations concerning Plaintiff's operation of the dirt bike were false. \n\nPlaintiff was also charged with criminal possession of a weapon, based on Defendant Valad's statements to the District Attorney's Office that he witnessed Plaintiff discard an item in a garbage can just prior to his arrest. Defendants stated they later found a gun in that trashcan. However, Plaintiff had neither possessed the gun nor placed any item in the garbage can. Plaintiff was sentenced to seven years in prison, but the conviction was overturned on appeal. On or about August 15, 2022, Plaintiff was released from custody with all charges dismissed. Plaintiff spent more than four years in prison as a result of this prosecution and conviction.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.617931/gov.uscourts.nysd.617931.1.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/68361323/patterson-v-city-of-new-york/"}],"id":"CUD5","url":"https://www.50-a.org/officer/CUD5"}