{"active":false,"first_name":"Roberto","last_name":"Melendez","race":"Hispanic","gender":"Male","rank":"DI","command":{"command":"JT T/F","assignment_date":"2023-12-01","id":"112"},"ended_date":"2025-07-01","taxid":"899587","complaint_ids":[201604699,200710288,200502115,200409169,200305805],"command_history":[{"command":"PBBS","id":"PBBS"},{"command":"WARRSEC","id":"118"},{"command":"075 PCT","id":"75pct"}],"appt_date":"1991-04-30","age":56,"shield_no_history":[5682,2724,5442],"lawsuits":[{"name":"Watters, Davi, et al. vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2019-02-15","disposition_date":"2020-12-17","payout_amount":46000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"502965/2019","court":"Supreme Court - Kings","officer_name":"Melendez, Roberto","summary":"On February 19, 2016, at approximately 4:00 a.m., Davi Watters and Angelika Benton were inside an apartment building at 369 Euclid Avenue in Brooklyn when NYPD officers, including Captain Roberto Melendez and Officer Matthew Demaio, unlawfully entered the premises, searched the apartment, and arrested the plaintiffs without probable cause. Despite no evidence of firearms, drugs, or any contraband being found, the officers falsely accused Watters of possessing a firearm and marijuana, and Benton of possessing pistol ammunition. Both plaintiffs were detained for several hours, and charges were later filed based on false allegations. Watters's charges were dismissed on August 26, 2016, and Benton's charges were dismissed on October 14, 2016, following an Adjournment in Contemplation of Dismissal (ACD). The plaintiffs allege that the officers knowingly provided false information, leading to their wrongful prosecution and detention.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=BqR5VhxwnX9qpZgfkQderg==","type":"complaint"},{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/5764746-Davi-WATTERS-and-Angelika-Benton-Plaintiffs-v"}]},{"name":"Anderson, Elijah vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2016-01-14","disposition_date":"2017-02-09","payout_amount":17500,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"16CV00150","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Melendez, Roberto","summary":"Defendant officers approached Plaintiff while he was outside his residence, asked him is he knew someone that lived with Plaintiff. Officers made Plaintiff take them to his apartment, forcibly entered it, searched it, and arrested Plaintiff and the other individual.  Plaintiff was taken to the 75th precinct and charged with unlawful possession of marijuana, which was ACD'd. Officers then obtained a warrant and seized property inside Plaintiffs apartment.","documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4921705-Anderson-v-City-of-New-York-et-al"},{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.380123.23.0.pdf","type":"complaint"},{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4921704-Anderson-v-City-of-New-York-et-al"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4325133/anderson-v-city-of-new-york/"}],"image":"https://www.50-a.org/images/officer/RZLG-roberto-melendez.jpg","id":"RZLG","url":"https://www.50-a.org/officer/RZLG"}