{"active":true,"first_name":"Richard","last_name":"Hornberger","race":"White","gender":"Male","rank":"SGT","command":{"command":"CT LMSI","assignment_date":"2026-07-20","id":"266"},"shield_no":5084,"taxid":"947085","complaint_ids":[202306056,202205621,202303064,202007043,202006325,201603562],"command_history":[{"command":"FIFA WORLD CUP"},{"command":"CW T TF","id":"75"},{"command":"TB ATU","id":"153"},{"command":"019 PCT","id":"19pct"}],"appt_date":"2008-07-08","middle_initial":"E","shield_no_history":[14817],"lawsuits":[{"name":"Guarniere, Damien vs City of Ny, et al.","start_date":"2023-06-08","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"154094/2023","court":"Supreme Court - New York","summary":"On May 16, 2020, at approximately 10:00 p.m., Plaintiff, Mr. Damien Guarniere was in the vicinity of 1633 Second Avenue, New York, New York. Mr. Guarniere had not committed any crimes or violations of the law and had not been accused of such by any identified civilian witnesses. At said date, time and place, Mr. Guarniere began to lawfully record the activities of various NYPD police officers, including Defendant Officers Osmairy Castillo, Christian Campos, Tyler Barbour, Richard Hornberger and Kathleen Walsh, with his cellular phone. Despite recording defendants’ activities without causing any disruption or obstruction, Mr. Guarniere was aggressively approached by defendants, who demanded that Mr. Guarniere cease recording defendants’ activities, while holding their arms outstretched toward Mr. Guarniere in a threatening and intimidating manner. Defendants then unlawfully demanded that Mr. Guarniere produce his government issued identification, because said defendants were without any reasonable suspicion or probable cause to believe that Mr. Guarniere had committed any crime or violation of the law.\nWhen Mr. Guarniere refused to produce his identification, defendants immediately struck Mr. Guarniere’s hand, causing the beverage that he had recently purchased to fall to the ground. Mr. Guarniere was unlawfully stopped, seized and arrested by defendants who grabbed Mr. Guarniere’s body and arms to prevent him from moving, while informing him that he was under arrest and slamming him head-first into the concrete, despite lacking any probable cause to believe that Mr. Guarniere had committed any crime or arrestable offense, including possession of an open container containing an alcoholic beverage in a public place in violation of § 10-125 of the Administrative Code of the City of New York. Defendants lacked any probable cause or reasonable suspicion to stop, seize or arrest Mr. Guarniere, because defendants never confirmed or otherwise verified that the liquid within Mr. Guarniere’s cup was, in fact, alcoholic in nature. Defendants further lacked any probable cause or reasonable suspicion to stop, seize or arrest Mr. Guarniere, because defendants never confirmed or otherwise verified that the location on the sidewalk where Mr. Guarniere was imbibing his beverage was not within the premises or private property of any establishments “duly licensed for the sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages” and thus not defined as “a public place” by the subject statute, Section 10-125 of the Administrative Code of the City of New York. Mr. Guarniere was involuntarily detained by defendants, over the course of two (2) days, until his eventual release from custody on, or about, May 17, 2020. Prior to being released from police custody, defendants issued Mr. Guarniere a criminal court summons, under Summons Number 4442209339, for violating § 10-125(b) of the Administrative Code of the City of New York. The summons proceedings were irrefutably terminated in Mr. Guarniere’s favor, when the summons was dismissed, due to the lack of probable cause to believe that he was guilty or that the prosecution would succeed.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=qd4y447uhHTezeA6jDgzrg==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Pace, Erin vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2015-10-06","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"155472/2015","court":"Supreme Court - New York","officer_name":"Hornberger, Richard","summary":"On March 4, 2014, Defendant Police Officers Richard Hornberger, Evelyn Hall, and John Does #1-4. and Sergeants Joseluis Deluna and O'Connor stopped and questioned Plaintiff after she entered the subway system. Plaintiff complied with all requests regarding identification and her Metrocard, and then asked Defendant Police Officers for their badge numbers. Then, in retaliation, Defendant Police Officers tightly handcuffed and arrested Plaintiff. Defendant Police Officers refused to loosen the handcuffs, and Plaintiff suffered serious physical injuries to her wrists as a result. Plaintiff was also pushed down the stairs. \n\nPlaintiff was transported to the Transit District #2 Precinct where she was detained for approximately 4 hours before being transported to Central Booking where Defendant Police Officers falsely stated that Plaintiff had committed a crime and did not voucher Plaintiff's valid Metrocard as arrest evidence. As a result, prosecution commenced on March 5, 2014. Plaintiff had to appear in court and the allegations were dismissed on June 4, 2014. \n\nAt no point did any Defendant Police Officers intervene. Plaintiff suffered physical, psychological, and emotional trauma.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=n0noRvIeYvpFB5KjVGCDJw==","type":"complaint"}]}],"image":"https://www.50-a.org/images/officer/KR6F-richard-hornberger.jpg","payroll":{"salary":"118056","regular":"117719","overtime":"40705","other":"23369","total":"181794"},"id":"KR6F","url":"https://www.50-a.org/officer/KR6F"}