{"active":false,"first_name":"Joel","last_name":"Crooms","race":"Black","gender":"Male","rank":"DT3","command":{"command":"BKROBSQ","assignment_date":"2018-11-29","id":"252"},"shield_no":1662,"ended_date":"2021-05-03","taxid":"950249","complaint_ids":[201604099,201507156,201506814,201506442,201408836,201300611,201205847],"command_history":[{"command":"TB","id":"TB"},{"command":"TB ATER"},{"command":"067 PCT","id":"67pct"}],"appt_date":"2011-07-06","age":40,"middle_initial":"B","shield_no_history":[17984],"lawsuits":[{"name":"Hunter, Gregory vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2017-03-07","disposition_date":"2019-05-02","payout_amount":7000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"16CV06645","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Crooms, Joel B.","summary":"On August 8, 2015 at approximately 12:15 am, the plaintiff was leaving a empty lot where a barbeque had been held by his friends. Several 67th Precinct officers rushed the lot and began searching the barbeque attendees. Officers pushed the plaintiff up against a fence and searched his pockets, and after finding half a marijuana cigarette, brought the plaintiff to the 67 Precinct. The plaintiff voiced his displeasure at being accosted and searched for no reason, and after being pushed into a holding cell, was beaten around the face and body by several officers (including Officers Dalsh Veve, Joel Crooms, and Matthew Hauswirth). The plaintiff was left with swelling and bleeding to his face and mouth, as well as a cracked tooth. The plaintiff then spent hours complaining of pain and discomfort before being taken to Kings County Hospital for an x-ray, after which he was returned to the 67th Precinct. The plaintiff was arraigned on numerous misdemeanor charges and released on his own recognizance, and after returning to court approximately eight times, the plaintiff received an Adjournment in Contemplation of Dismissal.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.394244/gov.uscourts.nyed.394244.30.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/7159678/hunter-v-new-york/"},{"name":"Theodat, Jeffrey vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2016-07-22","disposition_date":"2019-06-26","payout_amount":523509.31,"disposition":"Order/Judgment (Verdict)","docket":"16CV03977","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Crooms, Joel B.","summary":"Defendant Officer stopped Plaintiff on the street, searched him, and handcuffed him using excessive force.  Plaintiff was taken into custody and detained at a precinct before being given a DAT for criminal possession of marijuana, which the DA declined to prosecute.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.388424.16.0.pdf","type":"complaint"},{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4923091-Theodat-v-City-of-New-York-et-al"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4325629/theodat-v-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Joseph, Jarreth vs Police Lieutenant Bute, Mauvin, et al.","start_date":"2016-06-02","disposition_date":"2019-04-18","payout_amount":15000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"16CV02004","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Crooms, Joel B.","summary":"On August 15, 2014, Defendant Lt. Mauvin Bute and additional Defendant officers forcibly entered Plaintiff's home. They frisked Plaintiff, threatening & cursing at him, removed him to the hallway outside his apartment, handcuffed him, and searched his apartment. During this search, officers removed $8000 from Plaintiff's home. Plaintiff was then transferred to the 67th Precinct, where Defendant Bute & other Defendant officers repeatedly struck & kicked Plaintiff on his head and body. Based on false statements by Bute, Defendant PO Andreas Sargent, & others, Plaintiff was criminally prosecuted; this criminal case was terminated in his favor and dismissed on April 17, 2015.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.384450/gov.uscourts.nyed.384450.19.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4520840/joseph-v-john-doe/"},{"name":"Francois, Herminson vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2015-12-22","disposition_date":"2017-04-19","payout_amount":35000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"014274/2015","court":"Supreme Court - Kings","officer_name":"Crooms, Joel B."},{"name":"Burts, John vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2013-10-15","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"159321/2013","court":"Supreme Court - New York","officer_name":"Crooms, Joel B.","summary":"On January 21, 2013, Defendant Crooms threw Plaintiff to the ground without provocation and verbally and physically abused Plaintiff and committed an assault and battery upon Plaintiff. Plaintiff suffered severe injuries and trauma to head, neck, back, wrists, body limbs, emotional distress, physical, psychological, and emotional distubrances.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=g99O4FrqhxT4WE0hBUpqvw==","type":"complaint"}]}],"discipline":[{"disposition_date":"2017-12-06","case_no":"2017-18253","penalty":"Counseling, dismissal probation (12 months), ordered breath testing, pre-trial suspension days (30 days)","charges":[{"desc":"Probationary detective did consume an intoxicant to the extent that said detective was unfit for duty","disposition":"Guilty"}]}],"documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24441170-bronx-notified-officers-list-edited_redacted-redacted_redacted","type":"credibility-finding"},{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21022832-crooms-c99348839b4233445eb9a0a68ee2c33dfd8a1294","type":"brady-giglio"},{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21057848-giglio-disclosure-memo-crooms-950249","type":"brady-giglio"}],"news":[{"title":"Shouting match between defendant, NYPD cop in court triggered fatal Queens bombing","url":"http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/queens/shouting-match-defendant-nypd-triggered-qns-bombing-article-1.3848615","source":"New York Daily News","date":"2018-03-01"},{"title":"Off-duty NYPD detective cuffed after fight at Brooklyn Outback Steakhouse","url":"http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/nypd-detective-cuffed-fight-brooklyn-outback-steakhouse-article-1.3660126","source":"New York Daily News","date":"2017-11-27"}],"id":"WRZD","url":"https://www.50-a.org/officer/WRZD"}