Complaint #201402418,
March 6, 2014

Officer: Unknown Officer
Complainant: Hispanic Male, 21-24
Allegation: Discourtesy: Word
CCRB Conclusion: Officer(s) Unidentified
Officer: Sammarco, David
Complainant: Hispanic Male, 23
Allegation: Discourtesy: Word
CCRB Conclusion: Unsubstantiated
Officer: Unknown Officer
Complainant: Hispanic Female, 30-34
Allegation: Discourtesy: Word
CCRB Conclusion: Unfounded
Officer Complainant Allegation CCRB Conclusion
Unknown Officer Hispanic Male, 21-24 Discourtesy: Word Officer(s) Unidentified
Sammarco, David Hispanic Male, 23 Discourtesy: Word Unsubstantiated
Unknown Officer Hispanic Female, 30-34 Discourtesy: Word Unfounded

Conclusion Meanings:

'Officer(s) Unidentified': Unable to identify the officers who committed the alleged misconduct
'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 March 6, 2014, at approximately 2:15 p.m., [redacted] and [redacted] were in front of [redacted] in the Bronx waiting on an unidentified individual, CV1, whose phone they were in possession. [redacted] and [redacted] were going to meet with the unidentified individual to sell the phone back to her. At some point, PO David Sammarco, PO Timothy Marx, and PO Kevin Mockel, each from the 47th Precinct, arrived at the scene and arrested [redacted] and [redacted]. Additional unidentified officers may have also been present at the scene. During that time, an unidentified officer, PO1, allegedly stated to [redacted] "Shut the fuck up" and "Get the fuck inside the car," and another unidentified officer, PO2, allegedly stated to [redacted] "You know the fuck you doing" and "You know the fuck is going on" (Allegation A). Later, the officers transported [redacted] and [redacted] to the 47th Precinct stationhouse and into holding cells. There, an unidentified officer, PO3, allegedly called [redacted] and [redacted] "animals" and further allegedly spoke rudely to them (within Allegation A). [redacted] was eventually released, at which point PO Sammarco spoke rudely to him and stated, "You need to get the fuck out of my precinct, unless you want to go back in the cell" (Allegation B). At approximately 3 a.m. on the next day, an unidentified officer, PO4, allegedly spoke rudely to [redacted] (Allegation C).
[redacted] and [redacted] were arrested for [redacted]. [redacted] was released with a Desk Appearance Ticket (DAT) (encl. D3-D4 and F4-F6).
[redacted] Read report for details.


Details

Incident: March 6, 2014
Received: March 13, 2014
Closed: February 23, 2015

Reason for contact: PD suspected C/V of violation/crime - street
Location: Street/highway
In NYPD 47th Precinct Bronx
Outcome: Arrest - other violation/crime

Witness Officers: Timothy Marx, Kevin Mockel