{"active":true,"first_name":"Christian","last_name":"Cataldo","race":"White","gender":"Male","rank":"DT3","command":{"command":"NARCBSI","assignment_date":"2019-01-25","id":"204"},"shield_no":6700,"taxid":"939985","complaint_ids":[202301201,201404958,201307872,201208174,201205994,201204520,201003436],"command_history":[{"command":"120 PCT","id":"120pct"}],"appt_date":"2006-01-09","age":41,"middle_initial":"W","shield_no_history":[4133],"lawsuits":[{"name":"Vargas, Felipe vs The City of Ny, et al.","start_date":"2024-04-02","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"152262/2023","court":"Supreme Court - Richmond","summary":"On December 8, 2020, the defendants unlawfully stopped the plaintiff's vehicle without reasonable suspicion, probable cause, or legal justification. The officers immediately ordered the plaintiff to exit the vehicle, and he complied. They then unlawfully pulled down the plaintiff's pants and conducted a strip search on a public street. An officer pulled the elastic of the plaintiff's underwear and released it, causing it to snap painfully against his skin. None of the officers were wearing masks, exposing the plaintiff to COVID-19 risk, and one officer, without wearing gloves, grabbed the plaintiff's genitals, squeezed his testicles, and ran his hand between the plaintiff's buttocks, causing extreme pain.\n\nWhen the plaintiff requested medical attention after being assaulted, the officers refused. They unlawfully handcuffed and falsely arrested him without probable cause and transported him against his will to the 122nd Precinct. At the precinct, the plaintiff was unlawfully searched, fingerprinted, photographed, interrogated, and detained in a filthy holding cell for many hours. The officers further assaulted and battered the plaintiff, using excessive force by punching and kicking him, resulting in bruises, lacerations on his back, face, and buttocks, and three cracked teeth.\n\nThe officers also conducted an unlawful body cavity search, using a hooked knife to rip off the plaintiff's pants and placing their hands inside his buttocks and anus, causing extreme pain, scratches, and bleeding. The defendant officers denied the plaintiff due process and maliciously prosecuted him by providing the Richmond County District Attorney's Office with false, misleading, and incomplete information about the basis for his arrest. This led to the initiation of a criminal prosecution without probable cause. The defendants signed and executed a criminal court complaint containing false and misleading information under oath.\n\nThe prosecution maliciously continued for approximately four months, during which the plaintiff made several court appearances. Ultimately, the charges of Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the Third and Fifth Degrees were dismissed and sealed in their entirety on or about June 7, 2022, terminating in the plaintiff's favor.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=6Lz5jttK5pO7hPStHsqysg==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Velazquez, Erik vs The City of Ny, et al.","start_date":"2024-04-02","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"152261/2023","court":"Supreme Court - Richmond","summary":"On December 8, 2020, at approximately 3:00 pm, plaintiff was lawfully driving home from the supermarket in the vicinity of 205 Mill Road, Staten Island, New York 10306 when Defendants Mathew Reich, Michael Forster, Dominick Libretti, Christian Cataldo, James Malpeso, Michael Dalbero unlawfully stopped the vehicle, without reasonable suspicion, probable cause or any legal justification. Before plaintiff had an opportunity to exit the vehicle, defendants reached inside of the vehicle, opened the door and pulled plaintiff out of the vehicle where he was searched, handcuffed, and falsely arrested. Defendants then transported Plaintiff to the 122nd Precinct where he was unlawfully searched three additional times. Defendants did not recover any illegal weapons, drugs, or contraband pursuant to the unlawful strip search of plaintiff.\n\nDefendant officers began to walk plaintiff down the stairs, where they pushed plaintiff and caused him to lose his balance and fall down the entire flight of stairs while handcuffed. The excessive force used by the officers caused plaintiff’s shoulder to hit the stairs, and the fall caused plaintiff to suffer injuries to his right shoulder, head, arms, wrists, pelvic bone and legs, causing plaintiff to scream in pain and suffer severe contusions throughout his body. Defendant officers then forced Plaintiff into a small room, hitting his head against a metal door, causing Plaintiff to suffer injuries to his head and to lose consciousness. Ambulance was called to the precinct and defendants had plaintiff transported to Seaview Hospital for a body cavity search of plaintiff to be conducted. After plaintiff was discharged from the hospital he was transported to Central Booking and  was arraigned on in Richmond County Criminal court on December 9, 2020, and later Plaintiff was released from custody on his own recognizance at arraignment.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=VKCyTH5mpZjIM_PLUS_ybwkgRZg==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Baxter, Rasheen vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2015-03-13","disposition_date":"2016-05-16","payout_amount":35000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"15CV01027","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Cataldo, Christian","summary":"Defendant Officers, without identifying themselves, aggressively jumped out of their vehicle towards Plaintiff and out of fear he rode away on his bike.  A second vehicle approached Plaintiff and when he saw that they were police he dismounted and raised his hands.  Officers then assaulted Plaintiff, took him to the 120th precinct, denied him medical attention, strip-searched him, and charged him with 195.05, 205.30, TAX 1814(b, and TAX 1814(h), which was later dismissed.","documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/5378207-Baxter-v-City-of-New-York-et-al","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/13242101/baxter-v-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Smith, Kenneth vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2014-11-20","disposition_date":"2017-09-19","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"Zero Disposition","docket":"14CV09069","court":"U.S. District Court - Southern District NY","officer_name":"Cataldo, Christian","summary":"On Feb. 16, 2012, Plaintiff Smith was walking near 225 Park Hill Ave. in Richmond County (Staten Island). He was not acting suspiciously and did not possess any contraband or controlled substances. At this point, officers approached, accosted, and arrested plaintiff. He was taken to 120th Precinct and then holding cells at 67 Targee in Staten Island. Defendant Officers imprisoned Smith for over 30 hours after his arrest. The charges against Smith were dismissed after his arraignment. \n\nWhile the plaintiff was being held, his designated “ arresting officer” , Daniel Pantelo, with the acquiescence of other defendants, misrepresented facts in the police reports and other documents that the plaintiff had committed offenses when in fact this was not true. The false representations included, but were not limited to, that the plaintiff possessed marijuana, false representations as to the amount of marijuana, and the plaintiff ‘s presence at 225 Park Hill Avenue, Apt 6D, Staten Island, NY. The plaintiff was also subjected to a degrading search of his private parts and genitals by the defendants.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.435041/gov.uscourts.nysd.435041.1.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/5585129/smith-v-the-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Walker, Rylawn vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2014-02-19","disposition_date":"2015-10-07","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"Zero Disposition","docket":"14CV00808","court":"U.S. District Court - Southern District NY","officer_name":"Cataldo, Christian","summary":"On or about February 16, 2012, Plaintiff was in Richmond County, New York. Plaintiff was approached by officers of the New York City Police Department and was accosted, falsely arrested, and falsely imprisoned. Plaintiff was incarcerated for about 24 hours and was charged with violation of New York State Penal Law 221.10 and 221.05. On or about February 17, 2012, the criminal matter was dismissed and sealed before Judge Alan Meyer in the Criminal Court of the City of New York & County of Richmond.","documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4924196-Walker-v-City-of-New-York-et-al"},{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.423187.5.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4353282/walker-v-the-city-of-new-york/"},{"officer_name":"Cataldo, Christian","disposition":"Settlement","start_date":"2012-10-12","disposition_date":"2013-06-05","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","docket":"12CV05006","name":"Sachs, Kenneth vs City of New York, et al.","payout_amount":70000,"documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4924207-Sachs-v-City-of-New-York-et-al"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/12957873/sachs-v-the-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Duncan v. City of New York et al","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4919313-Duncan-v-City-of-New-York-et-al"}],"docket":"11CV03901","officer_name":"Christian W. Cataldo","url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/5678954/duncan-v-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Duncan et al v. City of New York et al","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4919497-Duncan-et-al-v-City-of-New-York-et-al"}],"docket":"12CV01565","officer_name":"Christian W. Cataldo","url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4321601/duncan-v-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Collins et al v. City of New York et al","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","payout_amount":30000,"disposition":"Settlement","documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4923686-Collins-et-al-v-City-of-New-York-et-al"},{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4923687-Collins-et-al-v-City-of-New-York-et-al"}],"docket":"13CV03534","officer_name":"Christian W. Cataldo","url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4322690/collins-v-city-of-new-york/"}],"discipline":[{"case_no":"2013-9622","disposition_date":"2015-03-11","penalty":"Respondent found Not Guilty","opened_date":"2013-07-26","charges":[{"desc":"Did abuse his authority in that he stopped person known to the Department without sufficient legal authority","disposition":"Not Guilty"}],"documents":[{"name":"Document","url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4419027-nypd-cases-178.html"}]}],"documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/22118894-939985_03112015_2015060pdf","date":"2015-03-11T00:00:00.000Z","type":"trial-decision"},{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24441170-bronx-notified-officers-list-edited_redacted-redacted_redacted","type":"credibility-finding"}],"payroll":{"salary":"119980","regular":"115753","overtime":"23574","other":"22810","total":"162138"},"id":"L25M","url":"https://www.50-a.org/officer/L25M"}