{"active":true,"first_name":"Sergio","last_name":"Castillo","race":"Hispanic","gender":"Male","rank":"SGT","command":{"command":"120 PCT","assignment_date":"2026-04-06","id":"120pct"},"shield_no":4131,"taxid":"964429","complaint_ids":[202600643,202506731,202505036,202500276,202411759,202405962,202310440,202309465,202208794,202104659,202103831,202102042,202100278,202007347,202004159,201906237],"command_history":[{"command":"075 PCT","id":"75pct"}],"appt_date":"2017-10-18","middle_initial":"R","shield_no_history":[3818],"lawsuits":[{"name":"Pope, Sakeem vs City of Ny, et al.","start_date":"2025-11-25","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"541362/2025","court":"Supreme Court - Kings"},{"name":"Robinson, Raheem vs City of Ny, et al.","start_date":"2025-10-23","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"531713/2025","court":"Supreme Court - Kings"},{"name":"Dean, Andrew vs City of Ny, et al.","start_date":"2024-10-08","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"527004/2024","court":"Supreme Court - Kings","summary":"On or about May 12, 2024, Plaintiff was legally operating his vehicle on the streets of Kings County to go home. When Plaintiff pulled up in front of his home, defendants, NYPD officers approached his car with their guns drawn. Plaintiff scared honked his car to alert his family. Plaintiff's father exited the house and then Plaintiff opened the car door and when he did the NYPD officers John and Jane Does, Dustin Diaz and Mark Whirl dragged him out of his car and physically assaulted him, causing injuries to his body and face and then arrested him. Plaintiff was also tasered and struck. Defendants hit plaintiff's head, pounded his head and body into the street. Plaintiff was also wrongfully arrested. The criminal charges were dismissed on August 12, 2024. Two defendants, NYPD officers Dustin Diaz and Mark Whirl gave conflicting accounts of what led to their decision to arrest the plaintiff, and based on this NYPD officers maliciously prosecuted the Plaintiff. There were also video recordings of the incident, and these videos undermined Defendants' account. The District Attorney of Kings County dismissed all of the criminal charges against Plaintiff on August 12, 2024.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=KhEN5qUcmAdqOAbh7j/HYg==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Smith, Dennis vs City of Ny, et al.","start_date":"2022-03-08","disposition_date":"2024-05-21","payout_amount":33500,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"506705/2022","court":"Supreme Court - Kings","summary":"On July 11, 2019, Plaintiff was lawfully present on the sidewalk when Defendant NYPD officers, including Matthew McCurry, Michael Ardolino, Michael LaGattolla, Nicholas Conway, Sergio Castillo, Christian Calvagna, Joshua Navarro, and Michael Hansson unlawfully approached and stopped Plaintiff to question him about an argument he had with his wife several hours before. Defendants then seized and searched Plaintiff, despite lack of reasonable suspicion or probable cause. Plaintiff was accused him of a criminal act and was placed in overly-tight handcuffs, causing injury. While Plaintiff was in custody, Defendants went to the residence of Plaintiff's wife and lied to gain access and search the property. Defendants knowingly gave false information pursuant to the charges against Plaintiff. Plaintiff was later found not guilty on all charges by a jury on May 13, 2021.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/fbem/DocumentDisplayServlet?documentId=IWbJkENRYpHdH81LD7Zktw==&system=prod","type":"complaint"}]}],"discipline":[{"disposition_date":"2023-01-25","case_no":"2022-26933","penalty":"Training","recommendation":"Training","allegations":[{"desc":"Violated patrol rules."}]}],"documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21021518-castillo-b13ff2b05e16c60a812b4a07c93d94badca6dcf6","type":"brady-giglio"},{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21057825-giglio-castillo-964429-01-09-20","type":"brady-giglio"},{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/22086319-seh_964429","type":"employment-history"}],"payroll":{"salary":"109352","regular":"108510","overtime":"39921","other":"25963","total":"174395"},"id":"W8TP","url":"https://www.50-a.org/officer/W8TP"}