{"active":true,"first_name":"Eric","last_name":"Roome","race":"White","gender":"Male","rank":"PO","command":{"command":"072 PCT","assignment_date":"2023-01-07","id":"72pct"},"shield_no":16591,"taxid":"953337","complaint_ids":[201902935,201809625],"command_history":[{"command":"FTU"}],"appt_date":"2012-07-11","lawsuits":[{"name":"Lemos, Kevin an Infant By Mng Amezquita, Sandra vs City of Ny, et al.","start_date":"2021-11-17","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"529003/2021","court":"Supreme Court - Kings","summary":"On or about September 20, 2014 at approximately 2:15 a.m. Plaintiff, who was pregnant and late into her second trimester, was assaulted and battered by PO Degan while she was standing next to her son whom other POs were attempting to arrest. PO Degan threw Plaintiff to the pavement so that she landed on her abdomen. PO Degan then positioned herself on her back and smashed a baton or nightstick on her body. PO Roome assisted PO Degan in pinning Plaintiff to the ground. Plaintiff was then arrested without probable cause for disorderly conduct and was held in custody for approximately 3.75 hours. Thereafter Plaintiff, who had a healthy pregnancy prior, began to have complications and delivered her baby approximately 4 weeks early as a result of this incident. The early birth put the physical well-being and cognitive development of Plaintiff's baby at risk. Plaintiff was maliciously prosecuted and all charges against her were terminated favorably on December 2, 2014.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=49aCJzMGXmbir87ZZ9l4dQ==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Borbon, Jose vs City of Ny, et al.","start_date":"2021-01-04","disposition_date":"2023-11-15","payout_amount":22500,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"500072/2021","court":"Supreme Court - Kings","summary":"On May 29, 2019, Plaintiff, Mr. Jose Bourbon, a 26 year old Hispanic male, was   in the vicinity of 521 48th Street, in Brooklyn New York when he working as an Amazon Delivery person delivering a package when he was approached and questioned by Defendants, ORTIZ, ROOME and JOHN OR JANE DOE 1-10, regarding illegal activity.  Defendants accused the plaintiff of committing criminal acts including Robbery in the Second and Third Degree, Grand Larceny in the Fourth Degree, Assault in the Third Degree, Petit Larceny, Unauthorized Use of a\nVehicle in the Third Degree, Criminal Possession of Stolen Property in the Fifth Degree, Menacing in the Third Degree, Harassment in the Second Degree, Unlicensed Operator, Aggravated Unlicensed Operation of a Motor Vehicle in the Second and Third Degree and Unlawful Possession of Marijuana.  Defendants conducted an illegal search of Plaintiff's person in plain view of bystanders and  violently contorted his arms behind his back and tightly applied the metal handcuffs. Plaintiff repeatedly requested that Defendants loosen the handcuffs as they were causing substantial pain and discomfort but was ignored.  As a result Plaintiff's wrists and hands lost feeling, and became bruised and swollen.  Defendants removed Plaintiff to the 71\" NYPD precinct where he was fingerprinted, photographed, searched, strip searched and confined to a cell. Plaintiff was then transported to Kings County Central Booking where he was detained and subjected to invasive searches, and strip searches until his arraignment. Defendant Ortiz signed a criminal complaint with fabricated allegations and after Plaintiff's arraignment he was compelled to return to court to multiple times to contest the false criminal charges.  On February 5, 2020 all criminal charges against the Plaintiff were dismissed.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=KtL0cJbvFSN/bU2WgduhAQ==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Lemos, Kevin an Infant By Mng Amezquita, Sandra vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2018-04-05","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"506513/2018","court":"Supreme Court - Kings","officer_name":"Roome, Eric","summary":"On September 20, 2014, Plaintiff Amezquita was assaulted by her husband, and others outside a restaurant in Brooklyn while visibly pregnant. She was thrown into the street by members of the NYPD, stepped on, tasered, and battered by the officers after they attempted to arrest her son. Officer Degan threw her to the ground, pinned her down with the assistance of Office Roome, and was hit with a baton. She was arrested without probable cause and held in police custody. This incident resulted in complications to her pregnancy and forced her to deliver the baby, Plaintiff Kevin, 4 weeks early. There are concerns regarding the physical and mental development of Plaintiff Kevin as a result of the force used against his mother. Officers Degan, Roome, and Vallecillo provided false information to aid in the arrest and prosecution of Amezquita.\nAlso on September 20, 2014 during the same incident, Plaintiff Florian was assaulted and battered by NYPD officers, including being thrown to the ground and beaten further. He was arrested by Officers Bonavita and Vallecillo, Srgt. Rodriguez, and officers Doe and Roe. Defendants Delossantos and Spataro oversaw and signed off on the arrest and related paperwork. Plaintiff Florian was maliciously prosecuted without cause.\nDuring the same events on September 20, 20214, Plaintiff Hidalgo attempted to alert officers to Amezquita's pregnant condition and was ignored and shoved to the ground by Officer Degan. Her husband, Plaintiff Peralta, attempted to aid her and was assaulted and battered by NYPD officers, and arrested without probable cause. Officer Vallecillo threw Peralta onto the hood of a car while others continued to assault him. Officers Merizalde, Vallecillo, Roome, Rodriguez, Doe, and Roe offered false information to help prosecute Peralta.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=M26PB7lVCI0SsFKO8k7Ong==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Amezquita, Sandra, et al. vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2016-10-17","disposition_date":"2020-08-04","payout_amount":1448500,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"518098/2016","court":"Supreme Court - Kings","officer_name":"Roome, Eric","summary":"On or about September 20, 2014, Defendant Police Officers Pedro Vallecillo, Elvis Merizalde, Joseph Degan, Eric Roome, Gary Bonavita, Richard Rodrigues, and Defendant Sergeants Richard Rodrigues, Delossantos, Frank Rodriguez, and Lieutenants Stephen threw Plaintiff 1, who was pregnant and late in her second trimester and in the vicinity of her son who was being arrested, abdomen-down onto the pavement. Defendant Officer Degan then positioned himself on Plaintiff 1's back and smashed her body with a baton. The Defendants did so without probable cause. Charges against Plaintiff 1 were dismissed on December 2, 2014. \n\nAt the same incident as Plaintiff 1's, Defendant assaulted and battered Plaintiff 1's husband, Plaintiff 2, without probable cause. Plaintiff 2's charges were dismissed on March 27, 2015. \n\nAt the same incident, Plaintiff 3 approached Defendants to inform them that Plaintiff 1 was pregnant. Defendant Officer Degan then turned away from Plaintiff 1 and pushed Plaintiff 3 to the ground, causing her to roll approximately ten to fifteen feet into the middle of the street. Plaintiff 3, unable to stand up, remained lying on the street until the ambulance took her to a hospital.\n\nAt the same incident, Plaintiff 4, Plaintiff 3's husband, went to aid Plaintiff 3 after Defendant Officer Degan pushed her to the ground. When Plaintiff 4 went to do so, Defendant Officer Vallecillo rushed at Plaintiff 4, threw him on the hood of the car, and Defendants began assaulting and battering him. All charges against Plaintiff 4 were dismissed on March 27, 2015.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=/FXwXmGJH/mvoWpQ_PLUS_vp3ig==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Amezquita, Sandra, et al. vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2015-01-22","disposition_date":"2016-10-15","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"Zero Disposition","docket":"15CV00303","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Roome, Eric","summary":"While her son was being arrested, Plaintiff 1, who was visibly pregnant, was thrown to the ground, assaulted, and arrested.  She was given a summons for dis con which was later dismissed. Plaintiff 2 was shoved to the ground by Officer Degen and needed to be hospitalized. Plaintiff 3 and 4, the other Plaintiff's husbands, were both assaulted by  police officers, arrested, and charged with OGA, harassment, and assault in the 2nd and 3rd degree. Charges later dismissed.","documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4920415-Amezquita-et-al-v-The-City-of-New-York-et-al","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/14539435/amezquita-v-the-city-of-new-york/"}],"documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21025777-roome-a65cd00200caafc03a12c39ffa914c91bd1c8303","type":"brady-giglio"},{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21053636-roome-953337-03-25-21","type":"brady-giglio"}],"payroll":{"salary":"109352","regular":"108510","overtime":"42184","other":"20606","total":"171301"},"id":"QE7H","url":"https://www.50-a.org/officer/QE7H"}