{"active":true,"first_name":"Benjamin","last_name":"Nelson","race":"White","gender":"Male","rank":"LT","command":{"command":"MSS TF","assignment_date":"2025-07-10","id":"850"},"taxid":"947818","complaint_ids":[202106690,201000820],"command_history":[{"command":"DB CEIS","id":"94"},{"command":"GVSD Z1","id":"236"},{"command":"BS IRT"},{"command":"100 PCT","id":"100pct"}],"appt_date":"2008-07-21","middle_initial":"J","shield_no_history":[8840,4010],"lawsuits":[{"name":"Stevenson, Wallace vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2020-06-22","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"708112/2020","court":"Supreme Court - Queens","officer_name":"Nelson, Benjamin J.","summary":"On or about April 9, 2019, Plaintiff was stopped, arrested, and detained by NYPD Detective Jeremy Demarco and Sergeant Benjamin Nelson in Queens, New York. The officers seized Plaintiff and Plaintiff vehicle without probable cause or reasonable suspicion. During the arrest, excessive force was used, including forcibly placing Plaintiff in handcuffs. The officers also searched Plaintiff and Plaintiff vehicle without consent or a warrant. Plaintiff was charged with Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance, despite the officers knowing Plaintiff was innocent. The officers fabricated evidence and conveyed false information to the prosecutors, resulting in a malicious prosecution. All charges against Plaintiff were dismissed on April 10, 2019.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=E08XT57WykjqTkaaT27wJw==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Linton, Marland vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2018-09-12","disposition_date":"2020-10-20","payout_amount":50000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"18CV04958","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Nelson, Benjamin J.","summary":"On July 27, 2016, Marland Linton was falsely arrested on the basis of false testimony from Undercover Officer 217. Linton spent six months in federal jail as a result of false testimony accusing him of selling narcotics until the case against him was dismissed.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.421818/gov.uscourts.nyed.421818.30.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/7785663/linton-v-the-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Jaime, Luis Jimmy, et al. vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2017-11-13","disposition_date":"2018-11-08","payout_amount":21000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"17CV08575","court":"U.S. District Court - Southern District NY","officer_name":"Nelson, Benjamin J.","summary":"On January 24, 2017, ten NYPD officers entered plaintiffs' apartment at 285 Throop Avenue in Brooklyn with guns drawn. The unidentified officers thew plaintiff Luis Jimmy Jaime on his head, face down, handcuffed him, and picked him up by both arms. The officers ignored plaintiffs' request to loosen his handcuffs, and his wrists swelled and bruised. The officers refused to show a warrant, and opened multiple safes in the department, taking plaintiff's life savings. An officer struck plaintiff Luis Jame on his back with a closed fist while plaintiff was walking away from a safe. Plaintiff's life savings, constituting $6,000, were taken by the arresting officers, along with $47,000 belonging to plaintiff Javier Jaime. Officers later returned $34,378 of plaintiff Javier Jaime's appropriated funds, but not the remainder of the funds. The search, during which officers refused to present a warrant, resulted in the damage or destruction of numerous items, including plaintiffs' Playstation Portable console, X-box console, computer, and television. Plaintiff Luis Jaime spent four hours in a jail cell at the 79th Precinct before being released.","documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/23685875-jaime-complaint","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/6944373/jaime-v-the-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Jones, Dwayne vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2015-07-29","disposition_date":"2017-05-18","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"Zero Disposition","docket":"15CV04400","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Nelson, Benjamin J.","summary":"Plaintiff was on the street when defendant officers came and arrested him. Plaintiff was accused of smoking a marijuana cigarette and then flushed into the toilet. Plaintiff was later charged with unlawful possession of marijuana and tampering with physical evidence. The case was ACD'd later.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.373355/gov.uscourts.nyed.373355.1.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4520531/jones-v-the-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Fletcher, Ian vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2015-04-09","disposition_date":"2016-04-12","payout_amount":9000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"15CV01874","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Nelson, Benjamin J.","summary":"Defendant Officers pulled Plaintiff over while he was driving an ambulette for his employer. He was falsely pulled over for not using a turn signal, searched, and falsely accused of having fake cards.  Taken to 106th Precinct, charged with false charges, which were later dismissed.","documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4920569-Fletcher-v-The-City-of-New-York","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/13242230/fletcher-v-the-city-of-new-york/"}],"image":"https://www.50-a.org/images/officer/SZKX-benjamin-nelson.jpg","payroll":{"salary":"154751","regular":"148859","overtime":"56751","other":"21435","total":"227045"},"id":"SZKX","url":"https://www.50-a.org/officer/SZKX"}