{"active":false,"first_name":"Joseph","last_name":"Diforte","race":"White","gender":"Male","rank":"DT2","command":{"command":"121 DET","id":"121det"},"shield_no":5303,"ended_date":"2018-01-02","taxid":"906106","complaint_ids":[201411298,200905030,200706735,200605223,9902548,9801880,9504349],"command_history":[{"command":"066 DET","id":"66det"},{"command":"068 DET","id":"68det"}],"appt_date":"1994-02-28","lawsuits":[{"name":"Castillo, Olga vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2017-08-10","disposition_date":"2018-06-21","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"Zero Disposition","docket":"17CV04597","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Diforte, Joseph","summary":"The plaintiff was confronted by the defendants, Detective DiForte and Detective Leonard at her apartment door on the incident date and time. They ordered her to come to the 68th precinct where they would explain everything. The plaintiff complied. At the precinct, the defendants conducted an interrogation where the plaintiff was read every Miranda warning and order to initial each question and sign the form. Then, the plaintiff was interrogated about the alleged theft at Det. Ayala's (the plaintiff's former employer) home. After the interrogation, the plaintiff was charged criminally with grand larceny because she did not cooperate to the defendant's standards. The plaintiff was never brought before a judge to be arraigned. The DA declined to prosecute and dropped all criminal charges. Sergeant Hain was the supervisor of Detective DiForte and Detective Leonard at the time.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.405291/gov.uscourts.nyed.405291.26.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/7246101/castillo-v-the-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Courtney, Jeremy vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2015-10-06","disposition_date":"2016-07-18","payout_amount":40000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"15CV05635","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Diforte, Joseph","summary":"Defendant officers knocked on Plaintiff's door and when he stepped outside he was assaulted. Plaintiff was brought to the 68th precinct and the hospital and charged with resisting arrest among other things, which were all ACD'd.","documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4921103-Courtney-v-City-of-New-York-et-al"},{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.375890.13.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4324823/courtney-v-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Ciccone, Joanne vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2014-09-23","disposition_date":"2016-03-01","payout_amount":20000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"504865/2014","court":"Supreme Court - Kings","officer_name":"Diforte, Joseph","summary":"On or about June 16, 2013, Plaintiff was assaulted by Defendant PO Digna J. Lind. Following that, she was wrongfully and falsely arrested, imprisoned and detained by Defendant NYPD detectives and police officers, and maliciously prosecuted with various crimes which she was innocent of. The criminal proceeding against Plaintiff was terminated in favour of her on or about October 3, 2013.","documents":[{"url":"https://archive.org/details/504865-2014-joanne-ciccone-v-the-city-of-new-york-et-al-summons-complaint-1","type":"complaint"}]}],"id":"LDJB","url":"https://www.50-a.org/officer/LDJB"}