{"active":false,"first_name":"Michael","last_name":"Paccione","race":"White","gender":"Male","rank":"LT","command":{"command":"066 PCT","id":"66pct"},"taxid":"872159","complaint_ids":[8702842,8405440,8402788,8402459,8202118,8102410,8100483],"appt_date":"1973-12-17","lawsuits":[{"name":"Powell, Steven vs City of Ny.","start_date":"2024-01-16","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"501366/2024","court":"Supreme Court - Kings","summary":"On September 23, 2011, Mr. Powell was unlawfully stopped, detained, searched, and falsely arrested by NYPD Officer Paccione and other officers at 1000 Sutter Avenue in Brooklyn, New York. The arrest followed an incident on September 22, 2011, where one of Mr. Powell's companions fired shots that fatally wounded another individual. Although Mr. Powell did not match the description of the shooter, he was detained and falsely accused of murder. The officers conducted an aggressive search, applied excessively tight handcuffs, and ignored his pleas for relief. Mr. Powell was held in unsanitary conditions, illegally interrogated without legal counsel or Miranda warnings, and transported to Central Booking and later to Rikers Island without bail. At trial, prosecutorial misconduct and ineffective legal representation led to his wrongful conviction.\n\nOn October 18, 2018, the Appellate Division reversed Mr. Powell's conviction due to procedural defects, and he was released on his own recognizance on April 19, 2019. The charges were unconditionally dismissed and sealed on February 12, 2021, as the Kings County District Attorney's Office recognized a lack of probable cause for the murder accusation. Mr. Powell was wrongfully incarcerated for approximately eight years, enduring physical and emotional suffering, including strip searches, assaults, poor living conditions, exposure to chemical spray and COVID-19, and other hardships.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=JEroVsRNwSF5FK6rA5mnEg==","type":"complaint"}]}],"id":"X2ZG","url":"https://www.50-a.org/officer/X2ZG"}