{"active":false,"first_name":"Sean","last_name":"Destefano","race":"White","gender":"Male","rank":"DT3","command":{"command":"NARCBBX","assignment_date":"2020-08-06"},"shield_no":3047,"ended_date":"2023-01-04","taxid":"940087","complaint_ids":[201902186,200914639,200904543],"command_history":[{"command":"052 PCT","id":"52pct"}],"appt_date":"2006-01-09","middle_initial":"D","shield_no_history":[13029],"lawsuits":[{"name":"Gadsden, Sean vs P.O. Lizardo, Jose, et al.","start_date":"2019-03-04","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"034166/2018E","court":"Supreme Court - Bronx","officer_name":"DeStefano, Sean D.","summary":"The plaintiffs were inside a house when the certain police officers including POs Jose Lizardo, Peter Schulz, Tashida Wilson, Sean Destefano, Joseph Burckhard, Terence Blumenberg, Claude Mede and Detectives James Simpson, William Miller and Javier Aponte, entered the house unlawfully despite the fact that the plaintiffs informed the POs that it was not their apartment. The defendants then illegally strip-searched the plaintiff and both plaintiffs were then unlawfully handcuffed, arrested and transported against their will to the 47th Precinct where they were searched, photographed, fingerprinted and detained in a filthy holding cell for many hours. The plaintiffs were then taken to Bronx Central Booking. All charges were ultimately dismissed on October 18, 2016.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=m8O53/_PLUS_IVz5Mgg_PLUS_gsVvwXA==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Vasquez, Jorge vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2019-01-23","disposition_date":"2020-12-07","payout_amount":20000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"020863/2019E","court":"Supreme Court - Bronx","officer_name":"DeStefano, Sean D.","summary":"On or about April 1, 2017, at approximately 6:00 a.m., Jorge Vasquez was near 789 East 183rd Street in Bronx, New York, when he was approached by police officers, including Officer Sean DeStefano, Officer John Doe, and Officer John Roe. The lawsuit alleges that these officers, without an arrest warrant, probable cause, or any legal justification, assaulted, frisked, and detained Vasquez using excessive force. Despite his lawful presence, Vasquez was subjected to a strip search, falsely accused of crimes, and maliciously prosecuted. He was incarcerated for over 24 hours and forced to make multiple court appearances before the charges were dismissed.\n\nThe complaint further alleges that Vasquez suffered physical and emotional pain due to the officers' misconduct. Additionally, the lawsuit claims that the City of New York and the New York City Police Department were negligent in hiring, training, and supervising the officers involved, contributing to the violation of Vasquez's constitutional rights.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=hOZMMuOwSUJc_PLUS_WErIi_PLUS_KrA==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Santiago, Justin et al. vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2018-03-22","disposition_date":"2022-04-22","payout_amount":15000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"031385/2017E","court":"Supreme Court - Bronx","officer_name":"DeStefano, Sean D.","summary":"On or about August 31, 2016, Plaintiffs were inside of an apartment not engaged in any illegal behavior when when P.O.s including Officer Sean Destefano arrested and handcuffed them. Plaintiffs were transported to the precinct and held in a cell for several hours before being moved to cCentral Booking. Inside of the cell at Central Booking where they were placed with other individuals, Plaintiffs were subjected to harassment. The following day, plaintiffs Santiago and Marrero were released after the D.A.’s office declined to prosecute their arrests. Plaintiffs Amadeo, Marrero, and Ruiz were arraigned and charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh degree and unlawful possession of marijuana. Plaintiffs’ cases were eventually dismissed.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=lzN2GTM7fvjGxgbWC9_PLUS_rwQ==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"V., M., an Infant By Mng Vargas, Danilda vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2018-01-08","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"036488/2017E","court":"Supreme Court - Bronx","officer_name":"DeStefano, Sean D.","summary":"On June 2, 2016, at approximately 6:00 a.m., Plaintiff, an infant over the age of fourteen, was at 990 Bronx Park South, Bronx, New York, when several NYPD officers, including Detective Sean DeStefano, Sergeant Keith Geller, and Detective Doris Lopez, an others unamed officers N/H/A JOHN/JANE DOE I-III,  entered the residence without a warrant or probable cause. \n\nThe officers allegedly used excessive force, grabbing, handcuffing, and seizing Plaintiff, causing physical and mental distress. Plaintiff did not consent to this contact, nor was there any legal justification for the officers' actions. During the encounter, officers allegedly pointed loaded firearms and used other objects to physically restrain and intimidate Plaintiff, placing him in “imminent fear of physical contact.” Handcuffs were placed on Plaintiff's wrists so tight that Plaintiff's wrists turned red.\n\nThen, Officers took Plaintiff into custody to a police station in the County of Bronx and there charged him with the crimes\nPlaintiff was detained for approximately 36 hours and released following court proceedings.Detective Sean DeStefano appears as the arresting officer of Plaintiff, and who also signed the criminal complaint. \n\nPlaintiff has suffered severe and permanent injuries of a psychological nature.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=12t2U9l9J62z5wrtN1DYEg==","type":"complaint"}]},{"officer_name":"DeStefano, Sean D.","disposition":"Settlement","start_date":"2011-02-25","disposition_date":"2020-04-01","court":"Supreme Court - Bronx","docket":"300732/2011","name":"Mcreynolds, Reginald vs City of New York, et al.","payout_amount":60000,"documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4921749-McReynolds-Reginald-v-City-of-New-York-et-al"}]}],"documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24441170-bronx-notified-officers-list-edited_redacted-redacted_redacted","type":"credibility-finding"}],"id":"RTSK","url":"https://www.50-a.org/officer/RTSK"}