Complaint #200708616,
March 17, 2007

Officer: Sanchez, Marcos
Complainant: Black Male, 26
Allegation: Force: Physical force
CCRB Conclusion: Exonerated
Officer: Rivera, Philip
Complainant: Black Male, 26
Allegation: Force: Gun Pointed
CCRB Conclusion: Exonerated
Officer: Rivera, Philip
Complainant: Black Male, 26
Allegation: Force: Physical force
CCRB Conclusion: Exonerated
Officer: Unknown Officer
Complainant: Black Male, 25-29
Allegation: Force: Gun as club
CCRB Conclusion: Unfounded
Officer: Unknown Officer
Complainant: Black Male, 25-29
Allegation: Discourtesy: Word
CCRB Conclusion: Unfounded
Officer: Unknown Officer
Complainant: Black Male, 25-29
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Threat of force (verbal or physical)
CCRB Conclusion: Unfounded
Officer: Lyons, Joseph
Complainant: Black Male, 26
Allegation: Force: Other
CCRB Conclusion: Unfounded
Officer Complainant Allegation CCRB Conclusion
Sanchez, Marcos Black Male, 26 Force: Physical force Exonerated
Rivera, Philip Black Male, 26 Force: Gun Pointed Exonerated
Rivera, Philip Black Male, 26 Force: Physical force Exonerated
Unknown Officer Black Male, 25-29 Force: Gun as club Unfounded
Unknown Officer Black Male, 25-29 Discourtesy: Word Unfounded
Unknown Officer Black Male, 25-29 Abuse of Authority: Threat of force (verbal or physical) Unfounded
Lyons, Joseph Black Male, 26 Force: Other Unfounded

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.
'Unfounded': Evidence suggests that the event or alleged conduct did not occur.

Further details on conclusions.


Summary

On March 17, 2007, at approximately 10:43 PM, [redacted] walked by a red Toyota Land Cruiser that was parked with its keys in the ignition on [redacted] and [redacted] stole the vehicle and placed his [redacted] daughter into the back car seat. Several minutes later, the owner of the car, [redacted], noticed his car was stolen and called the police. He reported that his car was stolen and told the police the make, model, and license plate of his car. Lt. Joseph Lyons, Lt. Philip Rivera, and PO Marcos Sanchez, who were assigned to a conditions team that was on patrol at [redacted] heard the description over the radio and observed [redacted] stopped at that intersection facing westbound on [redacted] Lt. Lyons stopped his vehicle behind the Toyota Land Cruiser and Lt. Lyons and PO Sanchez exited the vehicle. [redacted] alleged that Lt. Lyons drove his vehicle into the back of the Land Cruiser, which caused it to crash into a parked vehicle (Allegation A). PO Sanchez identified himself as a police officer and told [redacted] to stop. [redacted] veered to the left, crossed the double yellow line, took a left through the red-light, and drove northbound on [redacted] Lt. Rivera and PO Sanchez got back into their vehicle and Lt. Lyons pursued [redacted] PO Sanchez predicted that [redacted] was driving away from the officers at approximately 50 to 60 MPH. Because it had snowed recently, the Land Cruiser was fishtailing across the double yellow line into the southbound lane. When [redacted] got to the intersection of [redacted] he lost control of the Toyota Land Cruiser and crashed into the cars on the southwest corner of the intersection, which resulted in a five car pile up. [redacted] exited his vehicle and ran to the back of his car and reached into the vehicle. As he did this, Lt. Lyons drove towards the intersection and PO Sanchez exited the vehicle. [redacted] noticed PO Sanchez so he ran northbound into an alleyway. Lt. Lyons and Lt. Rivera drove northbound on [redacted] to cut [redacted] off and Lt. Rivera... Read report for details.


Details

Incident: March 17, 2007
Received: June 15, 2007
Closed: May 29, 2008

Reason for contact: Report of other crime
Location: Street/highway
In NYPD 44th Precinct Bronx
Outcome: Arrest - other violation/crime

Witness Officers: Michael Gaudio, Jonathan Korabel, Robert Meyer, Jose Reyna