{"active":true,"first_name":"William","last_name":"Matthies","race":"White","gender":"Male","rank":"SGT DS","command":{"command":"NARCBQN","assignment_date":"2023-11-20","id":"177"},"shield_no":1291,"taxid":"938963","complaint_ids":[201311594,201310379],"command_history":[{"command":"110 PCT","id":"110pct"}],"appt_date":"2005-07-11","age":42,"shield_no_history":[4139],"lawsuits":[{"name":"Herrera Amador, Marcos A., et al. vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2016-11-07","disposition_date":"2024-08-15","payout_amount":685000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"16CV05915","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Matthies, William","summary":"The plaintiff was at a club when two men came in and robbed it causing a panic and people to run outside. The plaintiff was one of those individuals and when he tried to hail a cab officers approached him asking what was going on. In his broken English the plaintiff tried to explain, but the defendant officers instead handcuffed him, used excessive force, searched him, and took him to the 110th precinct. At the precinct he was interrogated and then charged with armed robbery in the first degree and taken to Rikers Island. The plaintiff was in jail for nearly a year before being released and his charges dropped. He has psychiatric problems now due to the trauma.","documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4923429-Herrera-Amador-et-al-v-City-of-New-York-et-al","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/7079582/herrera-amador-v-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Duran, Marisol vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2016-05-25","disposition_date":"2017-01-11","payout_amount":15000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"16CV02561","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Matthies, William","summary":"Defendant Officers pulled over a car in which Plaintiff was a passenger for allegedly making an illegal U-turn.  Plaintiff informed the passengers that they did not have to consent to a search of the car, which angered the officers who the arrested her and charged her with Disorderly Conduct, P.L. ß 240.20(1), and Harassment in the Second Degree P.L. ß 240.26(1). Both charges were ACD'd.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.385642.1.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4325506/duran-v-the-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Saldarriaga, Anthony vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2015-04-14","disposition_date":"2017-11-13","payout_amount":6000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"003923/2015","court":"Supreme Court - Queens","officer_name":"Matthies, William"}],"image":"https://www.50-a.org/images/officer/DB7H-william-matthies.jpg","payroll":{"salary":"118056","regular":"117719","overtime":"47606","other":"23259","total":"188585"},"id":"DB7H","url":"https://www.50-a.org/officer/DB7H"}