{"active":true,"first_name":"Joshua","last_name":"Winters","race":"White","gender":"Male","rank":"DT3","command":{"command":"DB BNHM","assignment_date":"2023-02-20","id":"354"},"shield_no":4119,"taxid":"945106","complaint_ids":[201302102,201111230,201108412,201016242,201012490],"command_history":[{"command":"077 DET","id":"77det"},{"command":"077 PCT","id":"77pct"}],"appt_date":"2007-07-09","middle_initial":"J","shield_no_history":[1708,3648,326],"lawsuits":[{"name":"Monk, Anthony vs City of Ny, et al.","start_date":"2025-06-03","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"504717/2025","court":"Supreme Court - Kings"},{"name":"Henry, Okima Obo Her Son D., R. vs City of Ny, et al.","start_date":"2023-02-07","disposition_date":"2024-07-12","payout_amount":10000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"23CV00352","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","summary":"Plaintiff Okema Williams brings this action on behalf of her 16-year-old son, R.D., a minor. From October 4, 2022, through October 6, 2022, officers from the New York City Police Department (\"NYPD\"), acting under color of state law, intentionally and willfully subjected Plaintiff to, among other things, false arrest, false imprisonment and excessive force. \n\nOn October 4, 2022, Plaintiff, R.D. was riding a Citibike legally on St. Marks Avenue in the vicinity of the corner of Rochester Avenue in Brooklyn, NY. At around 8:00 PM, an unmarked car containing NYPD law enforcement officers in plain clothes drove up to R.D. and stopped him. The men exited the car, demanding to know, in sum and substance, “where the gun was?\" Officers then threw R.D. up against the car in a rough and aggressive manor for no legal purpose, causing R.D. to suffer physical pain and discomfort. They then unlawfully searched him, feeling around his penis and testicles and hitting them, causing him pain, discomfort, embarrassment and humiliation. The officers enhanced the humiliation by laughing and making fun of him. R.D. was not resisting in any way during this stop and search. \n\nR.D. was then handcuffed and transported to the 77th Precinct by the officers. He was put in what the officers referred to as a “juvenile room”, where he remained handcuffed on a hard bench for multiple hours. Police officers interrogated R.D. without the presence of an attorney or a guardian. They threatened to charge him with serious felonies if he did not speak with them. R.D. remained cuffed to the bench until late the next morning. Sleep was nearly impossible.\n\nLate in the next morning on October 5,2022, R.D. was transported from the precinct to Kings County Central Booking in downtown Brooklyn. He remained handcuffed during the transport. He was put in a cell in Central Booking upon arrival and remained there until and remained there until well after midnight the following day, October 6, 2022. R.D. never saw a judge or a lawyer while at the Kings County Courthouse.\n\nIn the course of this detention, R.D. was taken again to Central Booking, and returned to the 77th Precinct for reasons that are only known to the officers of the 77th Precinct. R.D. was put back in the “juvenile room”, again handcuffed to the hard bench, even though apparently no criminal charges were filed against him. At this point he was not imprisoned even under the false claim of probable cause for his arrest. He was simply a captive, a hostage, of the NYPD.\n\nOn October 6, 2022, R.D. was finally taken from the juvenile room to see the sergeant who told him that this was a “DP”, meaning that the District Attorney’s Office declined to prosecute R.D. for any crime NYPD charged him with or any other crime for that matter.\n\nThough R.D.’s mother, Okima Henry, repeatedly contacted and appeared at the 77th Precinct to check on her son, when R.D. was finally released he was released without Ms. Henry taking custody of him. He was simply put out into the streets after the ordeal without help or support from adults.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.491283/gov.uscourts.nyed.491283.1.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/66741042/henry-v-the-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Bracey, Bryan, et al. vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2015-04-28","disposition_date":"2017-10-10","payout_amount":34000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"15CV02340","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Winters, Joshua","summary":"Defendant Officers forcefully entered Plaintiffs apartment, searched it, transported to the 77th Precinct, then Central Booking were DA declined to prosecute.","documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4920615-Bracey-et-al-v-City-of-New-York-et-al"},{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.369260/gov.uscourts.nyed.369260.45.0.pdf","type":"complaint"},{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4920616-Bracey-et-al-v-City-of-New-York-et-al"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/13439424/bracey-v-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Walker, Stephen vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2014-10-30","disposition_date":"2015-08-13","payout_amount":17500,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"14CV06413","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Winters, Joshua","summary":"On October 30, 2013, Defendant Officers Thomas Tuscano, Nicholas Grenier, Richard Schneider and Kristopher Anselmo knocked on Plaintiff Stephen Walker’s residence at 7:15 am.  His wife answered and was asked whether Plaintiff lived there and was present.  Informed he was, Defendants stated they had a warrant for his arrest, and illegally followed his wife to the bedroom where Plaintiff was sleeping, even though they did not have permission to enter Plaintiff’s home.  Believing the officers had a warrant, Plaintiff complied, was handcuffed, and then taken to the 77th Precinct.  While in the vehicle, Defendant Officers informed Plaintiff that there was no warrant and he was only wanted for questioning.  \n\nAt the precinct Plaintiff was questioned by Defendant Detective Joshua Winters, who had issued an investigation card (\"I-card\") rather than a warrant.  The Defendant Officers knew they were not acting under color of law when they unlawfully arrested Plaintiff in his residence.  Defendant Winters falsely stated that Plaintiff had been selected from a photo book and that he had arranged for the alleged victim to come in for a line-up at 1 pm.  After no witness appeared, Plaintiff was released without charge.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.362523/gov.uscourts.nyed.362523.17.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/13140023/walker-v-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"White, Shon vs P.O. Winters, Joshua, et al.","start_date":"2014-10-07","disposition_date":"2014-12-02","payout_amount":30000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"14CV05872","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Winters, Joshua","summary":"On May 15, 2013, Officers from the 77th Precinct and Brooklyn Narcotics Unit including Officers Joshua Winters, Joseph Dambra, and David Cheesewright violently broke into Plaintiff’s apartment with brandished firearms at 6:30 am while Plaintiff and her family were still in bed.  Plaintiff and her family including minor children were placed in handcuffs, whose tightness caused extreme pain for several days.  The officers searched the apartment without disclosing any warrant, cutting open furniture, and finding only a single prescription bottle for Plaintiff that contained a lawful medication.  Using that prescription as a pretext, Plaintiff was transported and arraigned on her own recognizance the following evening on a single count of possession of a controlled substance.   After making several court appearances, all charges was resolved in a manner favorable to Plaintiff.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.361558/gov.uscourts.nyed.361558.1.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/13139881/white-v-winters/"},{"name":"Moore, Charles vs P.O. Winters, Joshua, et al.","start_date":"2014-07-25","disposition_date":"2014-11-24","payout_amount":17500,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"14CV01297","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Winters, Joshua","summary":"On May 15, 2013 at 6:30AM, Police Officers Joshua Winters, Joseph D'Ambra, and seven (7) unknown officers forcibly entered the Plaintiff's home. The Plaintiff and his family were asleep at the time when the door was broken down. The police brandished guns and pointed them at the Plaintiff and his family. Every member of the family were handcuffed. The Plaintiff was handcuffed tightly.  The home was tossed during a search. No warrant was shown to the residents. No contraband was found. The entire family was arrested.  Defendant Officer Winters generated a false police report stating crack cocaine, marijuana and paraphernalia were found. Defendant David Cheesewright verified the false report and approved the Plaintiff's arrest. The Plaintiff was held in pre-arraignment detainment for 36 hours before being released on his own recognizance. He was denied his insulin medication and warned to stop asking for it during his detainment. After five adjournments, the matter was adjourned in contemplation for dismissal.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.353001.11.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4323183/moore-v-winters/"},{"officer_name":"Winters, Joshua J.","disposition":"Settlement","start_date":"2011-08-26","disposition_date":"2013-03-04","court":"Supreme Court - Kings","docket":"019453/2011","name":"Mack, Wilbert R. vs City of New York, et al.","payout_amount":17500}],"documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21030198-winters-afe68145de9e4c3a99f24f03196ad9f851638e4d","type":"brady-giglio","lawsuits":["11CV2762","11CV2371","11CV2067","10CV4146"]}],"payroll":{"salary":"119980","regular":"115753","overtime":"71347","other":"23753","total":"210853"},"id":"LDGF","url":"https://www.50-a.org/officer/LDGF"}