{"active":false,"first_name":"William","last_name":"Leoncano","race":"Hispanic","gender":"Male","rank":"POM","command":{"command":"PSA 7","id":"PSA7"},"shield_no":25905,"ended_date":"2020-01-02","taxid":"967159","lawsuits":[{"name":"Mora, Joel vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2020-08-31","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"025592/2020E","court":"Supreme Court - Bronx","officer_name":"Leoncano, William"},{"name":"Mora, Joel vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2020-08-31","disposition_date":"2021-02-08","payout_amount":25000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"027547/2020","court":"Supreme Court - Bronx","officer_name":"Leoncano, William","summary":"On October 16, 2019, around 1:00 AM near East 169 Street and Washington Avenue in the Bronx, NY, the plaintiff was operating a vehicle when he was unlawfully stopped by defendant officer William Leoncano and unidentified officers referred to as John Does. Defendants asked the Plaintiff to get out of the vehicle and searched it without plaintiff's permission or lawful cause. Defendants claimed they found a forged NYPD placard in the plaintiff's glove box. The plaintiff denied possessing the forged placard. However, even if there was a forged placard, plaintiff never acted with any intent to defraud, deceive or injure another with\nsaid placard. The plaintiff also asserted he had not engaged in any illegal activity. however, the plaintiff was arrested and taken to a local Bronx precinct. After being held for several hours at the precinct, plaintiff was transported to Bronx County Central Booking. On October 16, 2019, he was released from custody when the Bronx County District Attorney's Office declined to prosecute the case.","documents":[{"url":"https://web.archive.org/web/20240908215910/https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=1J_PLUS_qOm7559b4GE1nqW5svg==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Lawrence, Ciara vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2020-06-18","disposition_date":"2020-09-14","payout_amount":30000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"025828/2020E","court":"Supreme Court - Bronx","officer_name":"Leoncano, William","summary":"On October 6, 2019, inside 346 East 156 Street, Plaintiff's home, Plaintiff was throwing a seventeenth birthday party for her son when defendants unlawfully entered Plaintiffs apartment, handcuffed her and arrested her. Plaintiff was transported to the 7th precinct. After several hours Plaintiff was transported to Bronx Central Booking. On October 7, 2019 Plaintiff was released from custody after the Bronx DA declined to prosecute.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=GoByDPvPseDeoeUF7XRjKQ==","type":"complaint"}]}],"id":"X3GT","url":"https://www.50-a.org/officer/X3GT"}