Complaint #201401070,
January 29, 2014

Officer: Veit, Jeremy
Complainant: Black Female, 46
Allegation: Force: Physical force
CCRB Conclusion: Unsubstantiated
Officer: Veit, Jeremy
Complainant: Black Female, 46
Allegation: Offensive Language: Race
CCRB Conclusion: Unfounded
Recategorized as: Offensive Language: Other
Officer: Lopez, Doris
Complainant: Black Female, 46
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Strip-searched
CCRB Conclusion: Unsubstantiated
Officer: Lopez, Doris
Complainant: Black Female, 46
Allegation: Discourtesy: Word
CCRB Conclusion: Unsubstantiated
Officer: Lopez, Doris
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Premises entered and/or searched
CCRB Conclusion: Exonerated
Officer: Mchugh, Sean
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Premises entered and/or searched
CCRB Conclusion: Unsubstantiated
Officer: Veit, Jeremy
Complainant: Hispanic Male, 30
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Strip-searched
CCRB Conclusion: Unfounded
Officer: Mchugh, Sean
Allegation: Discourtesy: Word
CCRB Conclusion: Unfounded
Officer: Veit, Jeremy
Allegation: Discourtesy: Word
CCRB Conclusion: Unfounded
Officer: Unknown Officer
Complainant: Black Female, 45-49
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Threat of force (verbal or physical)
CCRB Conclusion: Unfounded
Officer Complainant Allegation CCRB Conclusion
Veit, Jeremy Black Female, 46 Force: Physical force Unsubstantiated
Veit, Jeremy Black Female, 46 Offensive Language: Race Unfounded
Recategorized as Offensive Language: Other on December 9, 2024
Lopez, Doris Black Female, 46 Abuse of Authority: Strip-searched Unsubstantiated
Lopez, Doris Black Female, 46 Discourtesy: Word Unsubstantiated
Lopez, Doris Abuse of Authority: Premises entered and/or searched Exonerated
Mchugh, Sean Abuse of Authority: Premises entered and/or searched Unsubstantiated
Veit, Jeremy Hispanic Male, 30 Abuse of Authority: Strip-searched Unfounded
Mchugh, Sean Discourtesy: Word Unfounded
Veit, Jeremy Discourtesy: Word Unfounded
Unknown Officer Black Female, 45-49 Abuse of Authority: Threat of force (verbal or physical) 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.
'Unsubstantiated': or 'Unable to Determine' - The alleged conduct was investigated but could not determine both that the conduct occurred and that it broke the rules.

Further details on conclusions.


Summary

On January 29, 2014, at approximately 11:45 a.m., Det. Doris Lopez, Lt. Sean McHugh, and Det. Jeremy Veit, from Narcotics Borough Bronx, and officers from their field team, entered [redacted] in the Bronx (Allegation A). [redacted] and [redacted] who provided verified statements, and [redacted] and [redacted] who were identified via the investigation, were in the apartment. [redacted] and one of the civilians whose name she did not know asked to see a search warrant. Lt. McHugh allegedly replied, "We don't need a fucking search warrant" and "Shut the fuck up." (Allegation B). Lt. McHugh and the rest of the officers then allegedly searched the apartment (Allegation C). While searching the apartment, Det. Veit allegedly spoke discourteously to one of the civilians whose name [redacted] did not know and strip-searched [redacted] (Allegations D and E). [redacted] and [redacted] were arrested for [redacted] and were taken to the 48th Precinct stationhouse. At the stationhouse, Det. Lopez allegedly spoke discourteously to and strip-searched [redacted] (Allegations F and G). Then, while being placed in an unmarked van to be transported to Bronx Central Booking, Det. Veit allegedly used offensive language towards [redacted] and pushed her towards the unmarked van (Allegations H and J). Also, an unidentified officer allegedly threatened to use force against [redacted] (Allegation I). (complaint encl. C1-C5; CCRB Statements encl. D1-D5; E1-E5) Read report for details.


Details

Incident: January 29, 2014
Received: February 3, 2014
Closed: March 31, 2015
Last Updated: December 11, 2024

Reason for contact: Other
Location: Residential building
In NYPD 48th Precinct Bronx
Outcome: Arrest - other violation/crime

Witness Officers: Jodi Brown, Robert Cattani, Guy Gargano, Mark Oconnell, Brian Ohanlon