{"active":true,"first_name":"Stephen","last_name":"Barounis","race":"White","gender":"Male","rank":"DT3","command":{"command":"PROPCLK","assignment_date":"2026-08-25","id":"106"},"shield_no":4698,"taxid":"956414","complaint_ids":[202302186,202202253,202101627,201806813,201800668,201509070],"command_history":[{"command":"075 PCT","id":"75pct"},{"command":"WARRSEC","id":"118"}],"appt_date":"2014-07-09","age":36,"middle_initial":"G","shield_no_history":[3718],"lawsuits":[{"name":"Gaughan, Aylin vs Barounis, Stephen G. et al.","start_date":"2024-10-02","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"24CV04119","court":"U.S. District Court - Southern District NY","url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/68825567/34/gaughan-v-barounis/"},{"name":"Gaughan, Aylin vs Barounis, Stephen G., et al.","start_date":"2024-06-20","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"154203/2024","court":"Supreme Court - New York"},{"name":"Knight, Ishmail vs City of Ny, et al.","start_date":"2024-02-08","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"503530/2024","court":"Supreme Court - Kings","summary":"On March 2, 2023, after returning from work, the Plaintiff, a Metropolitan Transportation Authority train operator, was approached at his apartment by Detective Stephen G. Barounis and another officer looking for his brother. Despite being told that his brother did not live there, the officers forcibly broke into the apartment. Detective Barounis allegedly assaulted the Plaintiff, handcuffing him and punching him multiple times. The Plaintiff was taken to the precinct and then to Central Booking, where he was falsely charged with assaulting the officer and obstructing justice. These charges were based on fabricated allegations submitted by Barounis and Officer Joshua Navarro to the District Attorney. The felony charges were dismissed on May 12, 2023, and all remaining charges were dropped on August 18, 2023.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=vrW1jTPVzAGLulYUH0QNOw==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Bostic, Nathaniel vs City of Ny, et al.","start_date":"2023-01-03","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"525616/2023","court":"Supreme Court - Kings","summary":"The plaintiff is Nathaniel Bostic. This incident arose from facts that took place on August 10, 2020. at which time two unidentified individuals entered a commercial vehicle and removed $4,000 and two checks valued at $1,300, without authorization to remove the money. An investigation into the incident was commenced by the NYPD police officers, Defendants DETECTIVE KYLE BROWN, Tax No. 957405, DETECTIVE STEPHEN BAROUNIS, Tax No. 956414, DETECTIVE MAX ROLFFOT, Tax No. 949566,  DETECTIVE JAVIER MUNOZ, Tax No. 935373. The defendants claim that, through video footage, they were able to identify plaintiff’s vehicle as the vehicle the perpetrators of the crime. The video footage viewed by defendants was not clear enough to identify the perpetrators of the crime. Defendants understood that they lacked probable cause to arrest plaintiff \n\nOn September 3, 2020, plaintiff was contacted via telephone by defendants, \nand they asked plaintiff to come to the 70th precinct to speak with them. Plaintiff agreed to meet the defendants at the 70th Precinct the following day because he knew he did nothing wrong, did not commit a crime, and did not violate the law in \nany way. On September 4, 2020 plaintiff arrived at the 70th precinct stationhouse located at 154 Lawrence Avenue, Brooklyn, New York 11230, and immediately upon arriving at the 70th Precinct, defendants unlawfully handcuffed and falsely arrested plaintiff, without probable cause or legal justification. Plaintiff was required to appear in Kings County Criminal Court on numerous occasions before all charges were dismissed and sealed in their entirety on November 24, 2021, when the judge granted the District Attorney’s Office's affirmative motion to dismiss the charges in their entirety in plaintiff’s favor.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=ck8d7HleqLqqvsPXXs2Deg==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Aiken, Danari vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2019-01-28","disposition_date":"2019-08-09","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"Zero Disposition","docket":"18CV06078","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Barounis, Stephen","summary":"On or about September 4th, 2017 Plaintiff Danari Aiken was driving a vehicle with Rahmel Wilder and a second passenger who was dropped off. They were pulled over by Defendants Barounis and Sgt. Hasson for allegedly traveling at high rate of speed and no headlights. Aiken was strip-searched and arrested for possession of a weapon found in the car. Plaintiff pleaded not guilty. After seven months and seventeen days on Rikers Island, Aikens 5 counts of charges were dismissed because of lack of confidence in Barounis's testimony.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.424402/gov.uscourts.nyed.424402.13.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/14587589/aiken-v-the-city-of-new-york/"}],"documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21057331-barounis-956414","type":"brady-giglio"}],"payroll":{"salary":"119980","regular":"115687","overtime":"0","other":"14659","total":"130346"},"id":"ENY5","url":"https://www.50-a.org/officer/ENY5"}