| Officer: | Wright, Anthony |
|---|---|
| Allegation: | Abuse of Authority: Premises entered and/or searched |
| CCRB Conclusion: | Unfounded |
| Officer | Allegation | CCRB Conclusion | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wright, Anthony | Abuse of Authority: Premises entered and/or searched | Unfounded |
Further details on conclusions.
[redacted] is a [redacted]-old Hispanic female who has brown hair and brown eyes. She is 5'3" tall and weighs approximately 132 pounds. [redacted] provided a phone statement to the investigation on March 19, 2008. On March 25, 2008, [redacted] was interviewed at the CCRB.
On February 27, 2008, between 5:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m., [redacted] was at her home at [redacted] in Maspeth, Queens. [redacted] was in her kitchen, and her mother, [redacted] was sitting in the living room. [redacted] stated that her mother is disabled and would have difficulty providing a statement about the incident to the investigation. Her [redacted]-old son, [redacted] was upstairs in his bedroom. While she was in the kitchen, [redacted] heard the front door of her home being pushed open (she stated this door is often left unlocked). [redacted] was expecting her [redacted]-old son [redacted] to arrive soon and initially assumed that the person entering was [redacted] However, when she heard her dog bark at the open door from the living room, she realized that the person opening the door was not [redacted] [redacted] stated that her mother did not have a clear view of the front door from where she was sitting, but in the kitchen, [redacted] observed the front door opening into the house. Through the glass plane on the door, she could see a figure opening the door and was able to tell that it was not [redacted] because the person was taller and had a darker complexion. After the dog barked, the figure pulled the door shut again. [redacted] then heard a knock at the door. She approached the door and opened it to observe an officer, identified as PO Anthony Wright, standing on her stoop.
[redacted] provided a different narrative regarding this in her initial phone call to the CCRB on March 12, 2008, when she stated that both PO Mendez and PO Wright came to her home and entered it without permission and then questioned her son [redacted] In her CCRB interview, she described only PO Wright pushing the door open into her home, and did not place...
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