{"active":false,"first_name":"Joebian","last_name":"Ortiz","race":"Hispanic","gender":"Male","rank":"DT2","command":{"command":"GVSD Z1","id":"236"},"shield_no":2131,"ended_date":"2019-04-01","taxid":"919519","complaint_ids":[201401429,201012254,200608465],"command_history":[{"command":"GANG BS"}],"appt_date":"1997-04-15","lawsuits":[{"name":"Browne, Harold, et Al V. City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2016-12-08","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"16CV04224","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Ortiz, Joebian","summary":"The plaintiffs were residing in their home not engaging in any criminal activity when the defendant officers broke down the door, pointed their guns at the plaintiffs, handcuffed the plaintiffs, searched the home, and took the plaintiffs to Kings County Central Booking. Specifically Officer Browne aggressively searched one of the plaintiffs in a sexually inappropriate manner. The charges were not specified and the DA declined to prosecute.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.389291/gov.uscourts.nyed.389291.18.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/6148743/browne-v-ortiz/"},{"name":"Thomas, Tevon, et al. vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2015-02-18","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"14CV07513","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Ortiz, Joebian","summary":"On May 15, 2014, the NYPD executed a search warrant at a private residence that permitted them to enter and search two apartments in the building. The NYPD arrived and entered the premises with heavy weaponry. As the officers approached, shouts of “gun” were heard outside, which led people standing outside the building to run inside. Police officers encountered plaintiffs Nelson, Jeanty, and Hippolyte outside the building and searched and handcuffed them. Though no contraband was found on them and though there was no other basis for detaining them, they were kept in custody for an hour at the scene before being released. Inside the building, the officers handcuffed every person they encountered in the two units they searched, and moved the handcuffed people around through various rooms in the units over the course of the search. Of the people who had been handcuffed inside the building and kept handcuffed for at least an hour, plaintiff Walters was released at the scene without charges, and all the other people who had been handcuffed, including the remaining fifteen plaintiffs, were formally arrested and brought to a station house. \nPlaintiff Kettrles was kept in custody for many hours without being charged, and then was released after the D.A. declined to prosecute him. Plaintiffs Sealey, B. Thomas, Pilgrim, Clyne, and Henry were kept in holding cells at the precinct for hours and then issued Desk Appearance Tickets (DATs) for charges that were based on untrue allegations related to various criminal conduct, including possession of contraband, including drugs and gambling paraphernalia. The D.A. ultimately declined to charge those five plaintiffs who had received DATs. The remaining nine plaintiffs were transported to central booking, where Defendant Joebian Ortiz drafted arrest paperwork for them. The arrest paperwork contained allegations that had no factual basis, and Defendant Ortiz passed all these false statements to the D.A. Plaintiffs T. Thomas, Aime, Alcindor, Leemow, and Sears were alleged to have jointly possessed marijuana which was found in a closet in the building, despite there being no basis to believe it was theirs, and none of them having been present in the room where it was found. Plaintiffs Fray, Nyack, Cox, and Dewar were alleged to have jointly possessed marijuana and a loaded handgun. Ortiz has “vacillated” regarding where the marijuana was found, but none of the plaintiffs were present in the room where it was found. Defendant Ortiz claimed the information about the gun was relayed to him by Defendant Skelton, who supposedly said the gun was found underneath a sweatshirt that was underneath plaintiff Fray when Fray was ordered by the police to lie down. Those nine plaintiffs were charged criminally, some with felonies. Their charges were dismissed six days after their arrest.","documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4922762-Thomas-et-al-v-City-of-New-York-et-al"},{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.364569.37.0.pdf","type":"complaint"},{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4922763-Thomas-et-al-v-City-of-New-York-et-al"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4323984/thomas-v-ortiz/"},{"name":"Bryant, Chauncey vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2014-04-30","disposition_date":"2015-02-12","payout_amount":7500,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"14CV02410","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Ortiz, Joebian","summary":"On April 13, 2011, Plaintiff was lawfully present outside a residence on E. 56th Street and Ave H in Brooklyn, NY. Defendants arrived in several NYPD vehicles, and seized Plaintiff on the sidewalk. Plaintiff was not engaged in any unlawful or suspicious activity. With no legal basis to seize Plaintiff, defendants handcuffed and took him into custody. Defendants searched Plaintiff, but yielded no evidence of guns, drugs, or any other contraband. Despite no evidence of wrongdoing, defendants arrested Plaintiff. Defendants kept Plaintiff on the scene for hours before transporting him to a local station house where he was held for hours more. Plaintiff was eventually released from defendants’ custody without being charged and without being issued any summonses or desk appearance tickets.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.355097/gov.uscourts.nyed.355097.1.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/13139135/bryant-v-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Dewar, Ramone vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2014-04-30","disposition_date":"2015-02-13","payout_amount":97500,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"14CV02400","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Ortiz, Joebian","summary":"On April 13, 2011, Plaintiffs were lawfully present inside a residence on E. 56th Street and Ave H in Brooklyn, NY. Defendants arrived in several NYPD vehicles, entered the premises with guns drawn, and seized each Plaintiff. During the course of the arrest and without justification or necessity, Plaintiff Parris was kicked in the face. No Plaintiffs were engaged in any unlawful or suspicious activity. With no legal basis to seize Plaintiffs, defendants handcuffed and took them into custody. Defendants searched Plaintiffs, but yielded no evidence of guns, drugs, or other contraband. Despite no evidence of wrongdoing, defendants arrested Plaintiffs. Defendants took Plaintiffs to a local station house where they were held for a period of time. Plaintiffs were eventually transferred to Central Booking, where they were held for hours more before being arraigned. Defendant Sheridan drafted paperwork concerning Plaintiffs’ arrests, wherein he made materially false claims Plaintiffs possessed marijuana and/or a stun gun. Sheridan forwarded the false\nstatements of fact to the Kings County DA to justify the arrests and persuade the DA to commence criminal prosecutions. Each of the plaintiffs agreed to accept an Adjournment in Contemplation of Dismissal at arraignment, and criminal charges were subsequently dismissed.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.355089/gov.uscourts.nyed.355089.1.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/13139133/dewar-v-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Laguerre, Marvin vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2014-04-30","disposition_date":"2015-02-12","payout_amount":20000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"14CV02409","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Ortiz, Joebian","summary":"On April 13, 2011, plaintiff was lawfully present inside a residence on E 56th Street and Ave H in Brooklyn, NY. Defendants arrived in several NYPD vehicles, entered\nthe premises with guns drawn, and seized plaintiff. Plaintiff was not engaged in any unlawful or suspicious activity. With no legal basis to seize plaintiff, defendants\nhandcuffed and took him into custody. Defendants searched plaintiff but yielded no evidence of guns, drugs, or any other contraband. With no evidence of wrongdoing, defendants arrested Plaintiff. Defendants took plaintiff to a local area station house where he was held for a period of time, then transferred to Central Booking where he was held for many more hours. The Kings County DA’s Office declined to prosecute plaintiff and he was eventually released from defendants’ custody without being charged.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.355096/gov.uscourts.nyed.355096.1.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/13139134/laguerre-v-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Mojica, Krystal, et al. vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2014-04-30","disposition_date":"2015-02-12","payout_amount":115000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"14CV02399","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Ortiz, Joebian","summary":"On April 13, 2011, plaintiffs were lawfully present inside a residence on E. 56th Street and Ave H in Brooklyn, NY. Defendants arrived in several NYPD vehicles, entered the premises with guns drawn, and seized the plaintiffs. No plaintiffs were engaged in any unlawful or suspicious activity, but with no legal basis, defendants handcuffed plaintiffs and took them into custody. Defendants searched plaintiffs but yielded no evidence of guns, drugs, or any other contraband. Despite absence of plaintiffs' wrongdoing, defendants formally arrested plaintiffs. Defendants took plaintiffs to a local station house where they were held for a period of time, then transferred to Central Booking. Arresting officer, defendant Officer Sheridan  drafted paperwork concerning plaintiffs’ arrests, wherein he made materially false claims that plaintiffs possessed marijuana and/or a stun gun. Sheridan forwarded the false statements to the Kings County DA to justify the arrests and persuade the DA to commence the plaintiffs’ criminal prosecutions. Each of the plaintiffs agreed to accept an Adjournment in Contemplation of Dismissal at arraignment, and criminal charges were subsequently dismissed.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.355088/gov.uscourts.nyed.355088.1.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/13139132/mojica-v-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Martinez, Pedro vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2014-01-13","disposition_date":"2016-10-25","payout_amount":32500,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"14CV00066","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Ortiz, Joebian","summary":"On January 4, 2011, plaintiff was in his house with his cousin when they left to go to Wendys to eat. He was pulled over by an unmarked police car. Defendant police officers approached plaintiff's vehicle with their guns drawn. Defendants pulled plaintiff out of the car, assaulted him, and then tasered him. Plaintiff asked to be taken to the hospital, but was taken to the precinct instead. He was eventually taken to a hospital, where he was found to be suffering from numerous bodily injuries.","documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/23731399-martinez","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/13342895/martinez-v-the-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Deus, Rubenz vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2013-07-08","disposition_date":"2015-01-08","payout_amount":30000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"13CV03706","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Ortiz, Joebian","summary":"On September 3, 2012, at approximately 1:00 a.m., Plaintiff was in the backyard  behind a building located on Church Avenue, between East 34th Street and New York Avenue in Kings County, New York. Plaintiff was in the backyard, along with several other people, when multiple police officers entered the backyard with guns drawn. The officers placed Plaintiff and several others against a wall, searched them, and handcuffed them. Plaintiff was not in possession of any contraband, but the officers put him in a police car and took him to a local area station house. Plaintiff repeatedly asked why he was being arrested, but no answer was given. While in custody at the station house, Plaintiff spoke with Defendant Ortiz, who wanted Plaintiff to provide him with information as his confidential informant. Plaintiff declined. Eventually Plaintiff was transported to Central Booking in Kings County, where he was imprisoned for many hours. While imprisoned, Defendant Ortiz completed arrest paperwork that falsely claimed that he had spoken with Defendant Byrne who alleged that he recovered a handgun from Plaintiff's waistband and that he (Ortiz) personally observed that the gun was loaded. Defendant Ortiz forwarded the false allegations to the Kings County District Attorney and the Plaintiff was criminally charged with three separate counts of criminal possession of a weapon. Plaintiff was arraigned and bail was set, but Plaintiff couldn't post bail and was sent to Rikers Island. On September 7, 2012, Plaintiff was informed that his charges had been dismissed in full and he was placed on a bus and allowed to return home.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.344287/gov.uscourts.nyed.344287.1.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/13138301/deus-v-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Ryan et al v. City of New York","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","payout_amount":229000,"disposition":"Settlement","documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4919130-Ryan-et-al-v-City-of-New-York"},{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4919129-Ryan-et-al-v-City-of-New-York"}],"docket":"10CV05819","officer_name":"Joebian Ortiz"}],"documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24441170-bronx-notified-officers-list-edited_redacted-redacted_redacted","type":"credibility-finding"}],"id":"VYGH","url":"https://www.50-a.org/officer/VYGH"}