Complaint #201605910,
July 7, 2016

Officer: Seiger, Michael
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Premises entered and/or searched
CCRB Conclusion: Unsubstantiated
Officer: Mayer, Robert
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Premises entered and/or searched
CCRB Conclusion: Unsubstantiated
Officer: Doyle, Michael
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Premises entered and/or searched
CCRB Conclusion: Unsubstantiated
Officer: Grieco, David
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Premises entered and/or searched
CCRB Conclusion: Unsubstantiated
Officer: Mayer, Robert
Complainant: Black Male
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Threat of arrest
CCRB Conclusion: Unsubstantiated
Officer: Unknown Officer
Complainant: Male
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Stop
CCRB Conclusion: Officer(s) Unidentified
Officer Complainant Allegation CCRB Conclusion
Seiger, Michael Abuse of Authority: Premises entered and/or searched Unsubstantiated
Mayer, Robert Abuse of Authority: Premises entered and/or searched Unsubstantiated
Doyle, Michael Abuse of Authority: Premises entered and/or searched Unsubstantiated
Grieco, David Abuse of Authority: Premises entered and/or searched Unsubstantiated
Mayer, Robert Black Male Abuse of Authority: Threat of arrest Unsubstantiated
Unknown Officer Male Abuse of Authority: Stop Officer(s) Unidentified

Conclusion Meanings:

'Officer(s) Unidentified': Unable to identify the officers who committed the alleged misconduct
'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 July 7, 2016, at approximately 6:00 a.m. [redacted] was smoking a marijuana joint in the back yard of [redacted] in Brooklyn, where he resides. [redacted] rents a room in the basement of [redacted] which is legally listed as a two-apartment home. An unknown male individual who resided on the first floor of the apartment came outside, and smoked some of the joint with [redacted] and this male individual then went into the first floor of the residence. The back yard is accessible to both the first floor and the basement of the building, through two doors, one leading to each respective level.
At the same time that [redacted] was smoking the marijuana, Lt. Michael Doyle, Det. Robert Mayer, Det. David Greico, and PO Michael Seiger, all of the 75th Precinct, and Sgt. Derrick Johnson and an unidentified officer of the Warrants section were knocking on the door, in order to apprehend [redacted] an individual who lived at [redacted] and for whom they had a Baltimore arrest warrant for armed robbery and a New York City I-card for aggravated harassment. They had information, from a prisoner debriefing, that [redacted] possessed a firearm. The officers had not received a response to their knocking on the door, when Det. Mayer saw two individuals in the back yard of [redacted] that potentially matched the description of [redacted].
Lt. Doyle, Det. Grieco, and PO Seiger then gained access to the back yard of [redacted] by entering a neighbor's house, going to their back yard, and jumping over the fence of the two properties. Once they were in the back yard, Lt. Doyle, Det. Grieco, and PO Seiger went to the first floor of the building, to knock on the back door. Lt. Doyle, Det. Grieco, and PO Seiger were allegedly allowed inside of the first-floor apartment of the building by a female individual, who was identified as [redacted] mother. [redacted] was then placed in handcuffs, and then transported from [redacted] by the Warrants officers. Lt. Doyle and Det. Grieco, then searched the first floor of [redacted] after having... Read report for details.


Details

Incident: July 7, 2016
Received: July 11, 2016
Closed: November 21, 2016

Reason for contact: Execution of arrest/bench warrant
Location: Apartment/house
In NYPD 75th Precinct Brooklyn
Outcome: Summons - other violation/crime