Complaint #201606441,
July 20, 2016

Officer: Nolasco, Juan
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Premises entered and/or searched
CCRB Conclusion: Exonerated
Officer: Melhado, Daryl
Complainant: Female, 25
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Vehicle search
CCRB Conclusion: Substantiated (Command Discipline A)
Officer: Reyna, Jose
Complainant: Female, 25
Allegation: Discourtesy: Action
CCRB Conclusion: Complainant Uncooperative
Officer: Cintron, Jose
Complainant: Female, 25
Allegation: Discourtesy: Word
CCRB Conclusion: Complainant Uncooperative
Officer: Cintron, Jose
Complainant: Female, 25
Allegation: Discourtesy: Action
CCRB Conclusion: Complainant Uncooperative
Officer: Cintron, Jose
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Threat to notify ACS
CCRB Conclusion: Complainant Uncooperative
Officer: Medina, Gustavo
Complainant: Female, 25
Allegation: Force: Physical force
CCRB Conclusion: Complainant Uncooperative
Officer: Nolasco, Juan
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Threat to notify ACS
CCRB Conclusion: Unsubstantiated
Officer: Nolasco, Juan
Complainant: Hispanic Male, 47
Allegation: Discourtesy: Word
CCRB Conclusion: Unsubstantiated
Officer Complainant Allegation CCRB Conclusion
Nolasco, Juan Abuse of Authority: Premises entered and/or searched Exonerated
Melhado, Daryl Female, 25 Abuse of Authority: Vehicle search Substantiated (Command Discipline A)
Reyna, Jose Female, 25 Discourtesy: Action Complainant Uncooperative
Cintron, Jose Female, 25 Discourtesy: Word Complainant Uncooperative
Cintron, Jose Female, 25 Discourtesy: Action Complainant Uncooperative
Cintron, Jose Abuse of Authority: Threat to notify ACS Complainant Uncooperative
Medina, Gustavo Female, 25 Force: Physical force Complainant Uncooperative
Nolasco, Juan Abuse of Authority: Threat to notify ACS Unsubstantiated
Nolasco, Juan Hispanic Male, 47 Discourtesy: Word Unsubstantiated

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.
'Substantiated': The misconduct occurred and it violated the rules. The NYPD has discretion over what, if any, discipline is imposed.
'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.


Penalty

Melhado, Daryl
Command Discipline - A

Summary

On July 20, 2016, at approximately 6:15 a.m., Det. Juan Nolasco and a team of officers from Bronx Narcotics executed a search warrant at [redacted] in the Bronx (Allegation A). [redacted] resides in the apartment, and [redacted] and [redacted] along with their [redacted] son, were staying over as well.
Det. Gustavo Medina and Det. Petar Simonovic entered [redacted] bedroom, and Det. Medina allegedly struck her with a ballistic shield (Allegation B), resulting in no injury. Det. Jose Cintron allegedly told [redacted] that her son would be taken into the custody of the Administration for Children's Services ("ACS") (Allegation C). Det. Cintron also allegedly stated, "You basically did everything I fucking told you not to do," and "fucking goodbye to your job" (Allegation D). Det. Cintron allegedly threw [redacted]s work identification through a window (Allegation E) and PO Jose Reyna allegedly threw a set of keys onto a table (Allegation F).
Det. Nolasco allegedly called [redacted] "a fatass piece of shit" and allegedly said [redacted] would "loose her son because [she] don't wanna be honest" (Allegation G, Allegation H). After cocaine was recovered from [redacted]s dresser, Det. Nolasco allegedly told [redacted] "Look at you, piece of shit" (within Allegation G).
[redacted] and [redacted] were arrested and secured in a prisoner van for transport. From the prisoner van, [redacted] observed Det. Simonovic and PO Reyna search a black Lincoln Town Car under the supervision of Sgt. Daryl Melhado (Allegation I).
[redacted] and [redacted] were arrested for [redacted] (Board Review 01, Board Review 02). [redacted]
This case was delayed due to the civilians' delayed cooperation with the investigation. Read report for details.


Details

Incident: July 20, 2016
Received: July 26, 2016
Closed: January 18, 2017

Reason for contact: Execution of search warrant
Location: Apartment/house
In NYPD 40th Precinct Bronx
Outcome: Arrest - other violation/crime

Witness Officers: Petar Simonovic