{"active":false,"first_name":"Abraham","last_name":"Cruz","race":"Hispanic","gender":"Male","rank":"SGT","command":{"command":"106 DET","id":"106det"},"shield_no":394,"ended_date":"2020-10-01","taxid":"926414","lawsuits":[{"name":"Holley, Dwayne vs City of Ny, et al.","start_date":"2021-08-31","disposition_date":"2023-03-14","payout_amount":35000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"21CV04681","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","summary":"On January 23, 2019, Plaintiff's brother was operating a vehicle when Defendant Officers seized and impounded the vehicle. When Plaintiff learned about this, he telephoned Defendants to inquire the reason for the seizure. Defendants claimed they were conducting an investigation into a robbery and falsely claimed Plaintiff was the perpetrator. Plaintiff informed Defendants he could not have been the perpetrator of a crime in New York since he was in Maryland at all times on the date of the alleged crime (January 16, 2019). Based on a suggestive photo array on February 9, 2019, an individual identified Plaintiff as the perpetrator. Plaintiff was detained until April 8, 2019. Then, the prosecutors investigated the information provided by Plaintiff that he was in Maryland during the time of the crime and on August 8, 2019, all charges against Plaintiff were dismissed.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.468443/gov.uscourts.nyed.468443.1.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/60219103/holley-v-the-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Holley, Tony vs City of Ny, et al.","start_date":"2021-08-31","disposition_date":"2022-05-31","payout_amount":21000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"21CV04682","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","summary":"On February 24, 2019, Plaintiff went to the precinct to pick up his properties that were seized from a previous BOLO traffic stop, as he was told that they were available for pick up by the defendant officers. When he arrived though, Instead of releasing his properties to him, defendant officers arrested Plaintiff and interrogated him asking him questions about other people and\nincidents. Plaintiff duly informed defendant officers that he was at the precinct to pick up his properties as agreed and Defendant officers in response assaulted Plaintiff forcibly grabbing, punching, pushing, pulling, kicking, and shoving him. Plaintiff sustained serious injuries from the assault and was transported to the hospital where he was seen and/or treated for his injuries. They then performed a search on him which did not recover any contraband, but they still continued to detain Plaintiff. The officers also falsely stated to the prosecutors that the plaintiff committed ‘Obstructing governmental administration in the second degree’ and ‘Resisting arrest’ and then falsified police reports, which caused Plaintiff to be criminally charged. Six months later, the court concluding that there was no probable cause to arrest and/or prosecute the plaintiff summarily dismissed the false charges levied against the plaintiff.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.468444/gov.uscourts.nyed.468444.17.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/60219237/holley-v-the-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Williams, Randolph vs City of New York et al.","start_date":"2017-06-22","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"505068/2017","court":"Supreme Court - Kings","officer_name":"Cruz, Abraham","summary":"On February 27, 2007, at approximately 2:00am, a shooting occurred in the basketball courts located in the Williamsburg Housing Projects in Brooklyn, NY that resulted in the death of a man named Vincent Hill. Due to the alleged misconduct of multiple named NYPD officers including: NYPD Detectives THOMAS HANDLEY, JAMES BODNAR, MARK BROWN, DINO ANSELMO, BRIAN ELZ, CHRIS FLORIO, KIM CARILLO, \"JOHN\" SULLIVAN, ANDREW TORLINCASI, \"BILLIE\", LUIS FONTANEZ, LUIS BATISTA, and officers JASON REEVES, MULERO, JASMINE VALEZ, KARL KRIKELIS, ANDREW TORLIONCAS, and ABRAHAM CRUZ, as well as members of the Kings County District Attorney's office including HOWARD JACKSON, ESQ., AL DEINGENIIS, ESQ., and LARRY FREDELLA, ESQ., Plaintiff Randolph Williams was wrongfully convicted of the murder and subsequently spent 9 years in prison before his case was dismissed on March 15, 2016. The complaint does not specify the wrongful acts committed by each Defendant, but states that the Defendants prosecuted the Plaintiff despite the fact that he provided an alibi defense that he was in Coney Island, Brooklyn at the time of the murder, and that the Defendants failed to investigate self-contradictory witness claims, coerced witnesses, withheld and wrongfully denied the existence of \"Brady\" material that supported Plaintiff's alibi defense, violated Plaintiff's Confrontation Clause rights, and wrongfully presented false evidence against Plaintiff.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=8QtBb0DHvooCw7qcHHaZKg==","type":"complaint"}]}],"documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24441170-bronx-notified-officers-list-edited_redacted-redacted_redacted","type":"credibility-finding"}],"id":"ENX7","url":"https://www.50-a.org/officer/ENX7"}