{"active":true,"first_name":"Charles","last_name":"Awani","race":"Black","gender":"Male","rank":"DT2","command":{"command":"P S B","assignment_date":"2025-01-27","id":"488"},"shield_no":2784,"taxid":"941374","complaint_ids":[201107167,201103380,200919404,200904056,200902979,200818216,200807505,200802753],"command_history":[{"command":"DB GVSD"},{"command":"GVSD Z2","id":"44"},{"command":"046 PCT","id":"46pct"}],"appt_date":"2006-07-10","age":43,"middle_initial":"O","shield_no_history":[3219],"lawsuits":[{"name":"Freites, Lady, et al. vs City of Ny, et al.","start_date":"2023-01-30","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"809131/2022E","court":"Supreme Court - Bronx","summary":"On, July 1 2018, at approximately 5:00pm inside of 2020 Grand Avenue, The Bronx NY, plaintiffs Lady Freites, Delio Guillen, Denia Guillen, Thomas Guillen, were approached by defendant officers, Orlando Colon, Wilbert Morales, Daniel Collins, Zora Strothers, Charles Awani, Jose Batista, Timothy Harrington, Adam Acosta and Stephanie Cepeda whereby they grabbed, struck and retrained plaintiffs torso, arms and wrists. Defendants illegally stopped, searched, detained and arrested plaintiffs with excessive force. Defendant officers did not posses a lawful reason to approach the plaintiffs as they were not observed to be committing any crimes or violations of the law. Defendant officers also subjected plaintiffs to illegal strip search and cavity searches. Defendants then caused criminal complaints to be against plaintiffs in criminal court, falsely accusing plaintiffs of various criminal acts. \n\nAs a result, plaintiffs were detained for multiple days and maliciously prosecuted. \n\nOn December 5, 2019, all adverse charges were unconditionally and summarily dismissed and sealed.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=BSSOE/_PLUS_4cdEs3pOApjVfsw==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Gray, Elijah vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2020-03-05","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"021486/2020E","court":"Supreme Court - Bronx","officer_name":"Awani, Charles O.","summary":"On or about October 5, 2018, at or near Popham Avenue and University Avenue, Plaintiff was shot twice and left paralyzed from the waist down as a result. Plaintiff was taken to Defendant Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center, where Plaintiff was arrested by Defendants, New York City Police Officers and Detective Awani. Plaintiff woke up after surgery on October 6, 2018 handcuffed to his hospital bed by his right wrist and right ankle with a uniformed Police Officer stationed by his bed at all times. Plaintiff was unlawfully prohibited from making any phone calls or having any visitors by Defendants City, NYPD, Detective Awani, and Officers. Despite being repeatedly told that he would receive a bedside arraignment, Defendants intentionally and unnecessarily delayed Plaintiff's arraignment until November 7, 2018 and he remained handcuffed to his bed even though he was paralyzed from the waist down for 34 consecutive days until November 7, 2018.\n\nDuring the time he remained at Defendant Lincoln, Defendants New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation and Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center, and their employees, negligently or intentionally failed to provide competent, skilled or adequate medical care and properly diagnose Plaintiff, causing Plaintiff to suffer severe physical and psychological injuries and causing unnecessary delays to his recovery. Plaintiff was subsequently transferred to Defendant Jacobi, where he received substandard, incompetent, inadequate, and unskilled medical care by staff causing Plaintiff to suffer severe physical and psychological injuries and causing unnecessary delays to his recovery. Specifically, Plaintiff developed bedsores, sustained serious injuries to his wrist and ankles, and was prevented from undergoing physical therapy as a direct result of Defendants' actions.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=lRz7QZdlOeJ8noCAIlqTgg==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Reyes, Moises vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2018-04-18","disposition_date":"2019-08-09","payout_amount":85000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"024457/2018E","court":"Supreme Court - Bronx","officer_name":"Awani, Charles O.","summary":"On December 10, 2017, defendant NYPD officers Awani, Roe, Doe and Mercedes, approached plaintiff on the street and, without either probable cause or a warrant, summarily stopped, searched, grabbed, assaulted, battered and detained him in an aggressive and excessive manner.  This use of excess force resulted in plaintiff suffering bodily injury to his head, neck, back, body, and limbs as well as emotional distress.  The defendants caused a criminal action to be initiated against him based entirely on fraud, perjury and misrepresentation.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=NK71uu_PLUS_js4b10BQ6aniH3g==","type":"complaint"}]},{"officer_name":"Awani, Charles O.","disposition":"Settlement","start_date":"2014-04-22","disposition_date":"2015-03-20","court":"Supreme Court - Bronx","docket":"021578/2014","name":"Rodriguez, Noris vs City of New York, et al.","payout_amount":35000},{"name":"Tew, Ra'id vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2014-01-06","disposition_date":"2014-06-20","payout_amount":22500,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"13CV09190","court":"U.S. District Court - Southern District NY","officer_name":"Awani, Charles O.","summary":"On October 4th, 2012, Plaintiff was in an \"Operation Clean Halls\" building as a guest of his then-girlfriend.  He was questioned by NYPD officers including Francis Bryant.  Despite explaining the situation and having done nothing wrong, he was searched, handcuffed, and arrested and his eye medication taken from him.  They refused to knock on his girlfriend's door to verify his claim.  The officers took him to the precinct and made false charges against him.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.421791/gov.uscourts.nysd.421791.18.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/13056304/tew-v-the-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Nelson, Michael, et al. vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2013-02-25","disposition_date":"2013-09-09","payout_amount":35000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"12CV08646","court":"U.S. District Court - Southern District NY","officer_name":"Awani, Charles O.","summary":"On September 3, 2011, the two Plaintiffs were pulled over by POs Charles Awani and Richard Valdez, without any lawful reason, and were roughly pulled out of the car driven and owned by one of the Plaintiffs. PO Awani asked one of the Plaintiffs if he had smoked marijuana. When the Plaintiff said “no”, PO Awani stated, inter alia, that he knew that Plaintiff was lying and that he would punch him in the face if he kept lying to him. Plaintiff had not lied. PO Valdez searched the car, without consent and without a warrant. PO Valdez also questioned the second Plaintiff, asking if he had smoked marijuana, and asked whether he was lying when he too denied having smoked marijuana. Both Plaintiffs were handcuffed, and in connection with that, POs Charlie Little and John Does (the names John Does are fictitious, as the true names of these officers were unknown at the time of the complaint) arrived at the scene in a second and third police car. PO Little removed one of the Plaintiffs from the police car, and strip searched him; he took the Plaintiff’s clothes off and, in the middle of a public street and in view of the public, picked up Plaintiff’s penis and his testicles, and spread his buttocks, to check if he had any contraband underneath his penis and testicles or inside his buttocks. Plaintiff possessed no contraband. PO Awani strip searched the other Plaintiff in a similar way, upon which he found something between the second Plaintiff’s buttocks. PO Doe then said, in sum and substance, “oh, it looks like we’re dealing with two little faggots”. \n\nBoth Plaintiffs were taken to the precinct. One of them complained that the handcuffs were too tight, but the officers refused to alleviate the excessive tightness of the handcuffs. At the precinct, it was discovered that the object found between one of the Plaintiff’s buttocks was a marijuana cigarette. That Plaintiff was later charged, based on PO Awani’s lie that he had observed Plaintiff, in plain view, to have marijuana in his hand. All charges against that Plaintiff were later dismissed in their entirety on October 26, 2012. Although marijuana had only been found on one Plaintiff, the other Plaintiff was issued a Desk Appearance Ticket and was charged with possession of marijuana. However, on the same date as the arrest, September 3, 2011, the DA declined to prosecute that Plaintiff, because of insufficient evidence.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.404504/gov.uscourts.nysd.404504.8.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/12962652/nelson-v-the-city-of-new-york/"},{"officer_name":"Awani, Charles O.","disposition":"Zero Disposition","start_date":"2013-02-05","disposition_date":"2013-04-09","court":"Civil Court - Bronx","docket":"019476/2012","name":"Hartford Underwriters Insurance Company Aso May, Robert vs City of New York, et al.","payout_amount":0},{"officer_name":"Awani, Charles O.","disposition":"Settlement","start_date":"2011-11-21","disposition_date":"2013-06-04","court":"Supreme Court - Bronx","docket":"310036/2011","name":"Nelson, Michael, et Al vs City of New York, et al.","payout_amount":275000},{"officer_name":"Awani, Charles O.","disposition":"Settlement","start_date":"2010-05-24","disposition_date":"2016-07-13","court":"Supreme Court - Bronx","docket":"303910/2010","name":"Shaw, Kaison vs City of New York, et al.","payout_amount":200000},{"officer_name":"Awani, Charles O.","disposition":"Settlement","start_date":"2009-08-20","disposition_date":"2013-02-11","court":"Supreme Court - Bronx","docket":"350430/2009","name":"Williams, Malcolm By Mng Williams, Giovanni vs City of New York, et al.","payout_amount":45000},{"name":"Giles v. The City of New York et al","court":"U.S. District Court - Southern District NY","payout_amount":80000,"disposition":"Settlement","documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4923472-Giles-v-The-City-of-New-York-et-al"},{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4923473-Giles-v-The-City-of-New-York-et-al"}],"docket":"11CV00936","officer_name":"Charles O. Awani"}],"documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24441170-bronx-notified-officers-list-edited_redacted-redacted_redacted","type":"credibility-finding"}],"image":"https://www.50-a.org/images/officer/GG3X-charles-awani.jpg","payroll":{"salary":"134819","regular":"130069","overtime":"66154","other":"23191","total":"219414"},"id":"GG3X","url":"https://www.50-a.org/officer/GG3X"}