Complaint #200614489,
August 13, 2006

Officer: Mattocks, William
Complainant: Black Male, 40
Allegation: Force: Physical force
CCRB Conclusion: Exonerated
Officer: Adames, Victor
Complainant: Black Male, 40
Allegation: Force: Physical force
CCRB Conclusion: Exonerated
Officer: Deflorio, Christopher
Complainant: Black Male, 40
Allegation: Force: Physical force
CCRB Conclusion: Exonerated
Officer: Concordia, Severino
Complainant: Black Male, 40
Allegation: Force: Physical force
CCRB Conclusion: Exonerated
Officer: Guido, Peter
Complainant: Black Male, 40
Allegation: Force: Physical force
CCRB Conclusion: Exonerated
Officer Complainant Allegation CCRB Conclusion
Mattocks, William Black Male, 40 Force: Physical force Exonerated
Adames, Victor Black Male, 40 Force: Physical force Exonerated
Deflorio, Christopher Black Male, 40 Force: Physical force Exonerated
Concordia, Severino Black Male, 40 Force: Physical force Exonerated
Guido, Peter Black Male, 40 Force: Physical force Exonerated

Conclusion Meanings:

'Exonerated': or 'Within NYPD Guidelines' - The conduct occurred but did not violate the NYPD's own rules, which often give officers significant discretion.

Further details on conclusions.


Summary

On August 12, 2006, [redacted] and his fiancé, [redacted] attended her friend's birthday party from which [redacted] left first, returning at 5AM on August 13, 2006, to [redacted]s apartment, located at [redacted] in Manhattan. When [redacted] came home at 6:55AM, she rang the doorbell. Because the lock is "faulty" [redacted] was unable to open the door for her; she thought that he had intentionally locked her out. [redacted] and her unidentified friend yelled at him to open the door, saying, "He doesn't have squatter's rights!" The lease to the apartment is in [redacted]s name; [redacted] has lived there for seven years, and in his CCRB interview he explained that he and [redacted] often joke about him being a squatter. [redacted] then told [redacted] to call the police and ask the superintendent, [redacted] to open the door. [redacted] was able to unlock the door after 2-5 minutes of working with the lock. [redacted] barefoot and wearing a gray valor sweat suit, went into the hallway of the building, where he and [redacted] immediately began arguing.
As [redacted] tried to get [redacted] and [redacted] to move their argument to [redacted]s apartment, PO1 (identified through the investigation as PO William Mattocks) entered the 2nd floor hallway of the apartment building, and [redacted] realized that [redacted] must have called the police. Only 15-20 minutes had passed since [redacted] had arrived at the apartment. Although in his phone statement [redacted] was only able to describe PO Mattocks as a Black male officer with an afro, in his CCRB statement he added that PO Mattocks was about 30 years old, 5'11" tall and 185 lbs.
PO Mattocks asked [redacted] a few questions (he did not recall the content of those questions) and [redacted] showed him some papers. In his CCRB interview, [redacted] admitted that [redacted] had an order of protection against him at one point. When asked when the order of protection was issued, however, [redacted] stated that he was not sure if there had been an order of protection at... Read report for details.


Details

Incident: August 13, 2006
Received: October 31, 2006
Closed: September 4, 2007

Reason for contact: C/V requested investigation of crime
Location: Apartment/house
In NYPD 32nd Precinct Manhattan
Outcome: Arrest - assault (against a PO)

Witness Officers: William Coyle, Daniel Crisan, Kevin Fox, Nathan Mole, Richard Pengel, Samir Shah, Walter Szachacz