{"active":false,"first_name":"Nivia","last_name":"Fontanez","race":"Hispanic","gender":"Female","rank":"POF","command":{"command":"BX CT","id":"89"},"shield_no":21868,"ended_date":"2014-03-05","taxid":"946999","complaint_ids":[201102127,201014287,201011153,201012067,201004023],"command_history":[{"command":"BX IRT"},{"command":"PBBX","id":"PBBX"},{"command":"044 PCT","id":"44pct"}],"appt_date":"2008-07-08","lawsuits":[{"name":"Glasgow, Raul, et al. vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2014-11-07","disposition_date":"2017-08-28","payout_amount":95000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"14CV06243","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Fontanez, Nivia","summary":"On November 14, 2012, Plaintiff Raul Glasgow was driving in his car when POs Bonanno and Fragedis initiated a traffic stop and questioned Glasgow about the temporary plates on his car. Glasgow provided a valid New York state non-driver's ID as his license had been suspended. Bonanno and Fragedis removed Glasgow from the vehicle, searched him, and then searched the entire vehicle without a warrant. The search yielded no weapons, drugs, or other contraband. POs Rich and Karabin arrived on the scene and the officers placed Glasgow under arrest. They took Glasgow to the 67th precinct, where they searched him again and recovered only his keys, phone, and cash. The officers then questioned Glasgow to elicit information about guns or drugs. Glasgow provided the location of a gun that belonged to one Andre Carrasco, which was stored under the outside stoop near Glasgow's apartment.\n\nAfter allowing Glasgow to call his wife, defendant officers spoke to Glasgow's wife, Plaintiff Patrina Carter, on the phone, and instructed her to retrieve the gun, wipe it clean, and give it to the officers when they arrived. Calls from Glasgow's phone to his wife's phone were placed an additional 4 times while he was in custody. The officers went to Carter's location and retrieved the gun with Carter's help. Later, the officers took Glasgow's cell phone from him, demanded his PIN code, and erased his call logs to conceal their activity. POs Bonanno, Rich, Fragedis, and Karabin forwarded false evidence about the recovery of the gun to the Kings County DA's office. Glasgow was charged with criminal possession of the loaded firearm, among other charges. PO Bonnano falsely stated that the weapon was recovered from the trunk of Glasgow's car in a search conducted at the precinct. Glasgow was indicted on these charges.\n\nOn March 27, 2013, Glasgow was again taken into custody for allegedly walking between subway cars. He was never charged or cited for this offense but held in jail on the previous charges emanating from his Nov. 14, 2012 arrest. He was held until August 1, 2013, when the DA's office moved to dismiss all charges. The arrest and prosecution were deemed a nullity. At no point in any of these proceedings did the officers who knew the truth of events attempt to intervene and correct the record.","documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4920257-Glasgow-et-al-v-City-of-New-York-et-al"},{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.362160/gov.uscourts.nyed.362160.31.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/6230795/glasgow-v-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Garcia, Eliseo, et al. vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2013-08-15","disposition_date":"2016-04-19","payout_amount":115000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"304746/2013","court":"Supreme Court - Bronx","officer_name":"Fontanez, Nivia"},{"officer_name":"Fontanez, Nivia","disposition":"Settlement","start_date":"2012-06-06","disposition_date":"2013-05-24","court":"U.S. District Court - Southern District NY","docket":"12CV04439","name":"Lynch, George vs City of New York, et al.","payout_amount":150000,"summary":"Defendant Officers stopped Plaintiff and a group of his friends while they were talking on the street.  Plaintiff began running when he saw an officer aggressively get out of the police car and was chased and tackled by that officer. Plaintiff was assaulted by the officers and taken to the 44th precinct. At the precinct, one officer rubbed a tissue on Plaintiff's hands and then on a gun. Plaintiff was released after being fingerprinted with no charges.","documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4919631-Lynch-v-The-City-of-New-York"},{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4919630-Lynch-v-The-City-of-New-York"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/12961165/lynch-v-the-city-of-new-york/"},{"officer_name":"Fontanez, Nivia","disposition":"Settlement","start_date":"2012-01-09","disposition_date":"2013-06-13","court":"Supreme Court - Bronx","docket":"300026/2012","name":"Williams, Lamont vs City of New York, et al.","payout_amount":27500},{"name":"Henry et al v. City of New York et al","court":"U.S. District Court - Southern District NY","payout_amount":75000,"disposition":"Settlement","documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4928044-Henry-et-al-v-City-of-New-York-et-al"}],"docket":"11CV06927","officer_name":"Nivia I. Fontanez"}],"id":"YJ93","url":"https://www.50-a.org/officer/YJ93"}