{"active":false,"first_name":"Johnathan","last_name":"Caro","race":"Hispanic","gender":"Male","rank":"DT3","command":{"command":"NARCBBN","assignment_date":"2022-09-19","id":"92"},"shield_no":4577,"ended_date":"2024-12-02","taxid":"945157","complaint_ids":[201301355,201203583,201202008,201100534,201001602],"command_history":[{"command":"090 DET","id":"90det"},{"command":"DBBN OP","id":"410"},{"command":"077 PCT","id":"77pct"}],"appt_date":"2007-07-18","shield_no_history":[20193],"lawsuits":[{"name":"Bartlett, Tasha vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2026-03-11","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"26CV01372","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/72384347/bartlett-v-the-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Stroud, Luqman vs P.O. Brunson, Jason, et al.","start_date":"2015-05-14","disposition_date":"2015-06-03","payout_amount":35000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"15CV00131","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Caro, Jonathan","summary":"On March 14, 2012, Plaintiff Luqman Stround was a passenger in an automobile traveling in Brooklyn, New York, when Defendant Police Officers (Jason Brunson and John and Jane Doe 1 through 10) pulled the automobile over without probable cause or reasonable suspicion. The Defendant Police Officers then removed the Plaintiff from the vehicle and searched both without legal justification and then arrested the Plaintiff and charged him with possession of marijuana. The Defendants then handcuffed the Plaintiff and put him roughly into the police vehicle, injuring the Plaintiff's back in the process.\n\nThe Defendant Police Officers refused to seek medical treatment for the Plaintiff and they turned away EMS personnel who had arrived at the precinct to treat the Plaintiff.  The Defendant Police Officers falsely informed employees of the Kings County District Attorney's office that they had observed the Plaintiff in possession of marijuana and forwarded false evidence in support of the allegations. The Plaintiff was eventually taken to Brooklyn Central Booking where he informed the medical staff of his injuries. The Plaintiff was then taken to a hospital for treatment and then back to central booking. After being detained for 24 hours, Plaintiff Mr. Stroud was arraigned and released on his own recognizance, and the criminal charges were adjourned.","documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4922997-Stroud-v-Brunson-et-al"},{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.364972/gov.uscourts.nyed.364972.1.0.pdf","type":"complaint"},{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4922998-Stroud-v-Brunson-et-al"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4324009/stroud-v-brunson/"},{"name":"Derrell, Niven vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2014-01-06","disposition_date":"2014-10-28","payout_amount":20000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"13CV06647","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Caro, Jonathan","summary":"On December 2, 2010, at approximately 1:25 a.m., Police Officers Johnathan (P.O. Caro) Caro and Louis Marino (P.O. Marino) approached Mr. Niven Derrell who was sitting in the driver's seat of a car that was double parked. The officers asked to search the car, which Mr. Derrell declined, and then they ordered him out of the vehicle. P.O. Caro begun to search Mr. Derrell's person, and Mr. Derrell slapped his hand. P.O. Caro then handcuffed Mr. Derrell. Mr. Derrell tried to run from the police. P.O. Caro, P.O. Marino and other police officers responded by hitting Mr. Derrell on his face and macing his face. Mr. Derrell had to be taken to the hospital, and required stitches to his left eye. Mr. Derrell was arrested for Double Parking, Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the Seventh Degree and Resisting Arrest. Mr. Derrell pleaded guilty in 2011 to Disorderly Conduct as a result of this arrest.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.349724.1.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4323003/derrell-v-city-of-new-york/"}],"discipline":[{"disposition_date":"2022-12-29","case_no":"2022-27404","penalty":"C - Command Discipline, vacation days (5 days)","recommendation":"Command Discipline - C","allegations":[{"desc":"Failed to make proper notifications (Patrol Supervisor, IAB, Desk Sergeant, sick desk\r\nSupervisor, ACS, Commanding Officer if PPO, operations unit, CCRB, etc.)."}]}],"documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21057936-giglio_caro-945157-07-24-20","type":"brady-giglio"}],"id":"QXXX","url":"https://www.50-a.org/officer/QXXX"}