Complaint #201700610,
January 25, 2017

Summary

On January 25, 2017, at approximately 5:10 a.m., Police Officers Christopher Drews and Joseph Davin of the Bronx Warrant Squad arrived to [redacted] s residence located at [redacted] in Brooklyn, to investigate an arrest warrant and a bench warrant for [redacted] s nephew [redacted]. [redacted] owns the apartment and was home alone at the time. Police Officer Drews briefly showed a warrant to [redacted] during which time she recognized the photo on the warrant as her nephew. [redacted] informed the officers that [redacted] was not in the apartment and she did not know where he was. As [redacted] attempted to close the apartment door, Police Officer Drews placed his foot in the doorway to prevent it from closing (Allegation A). He then told [redacted] that if she did not allow him to enter into the apartment to see if [redacted] was present inside then he would contact a supervisor to have the door broken down (see allegations not pleaded). [redacted] requested that uniformed officers arrive to the location. Police Officer Davin requested that 84th Precinct officers respond to the location in response to [redacted] s request.
Approximately thirty minutes later, Police Officers Steven Nieves and April McClaine of the 84th Precinct arrived to the location and entered into [redacted] s apartment (see allegations not pleaded). After a conversation with Police Officers McClaine and Nieves, [redacted] provided consent to Police Officer Davin to enter and search the apartment for [redacted] (Allegation B). Police Officers Davin and Nieves searched the apartment (see allegations not pleaded). After a two minute walk through, the officers confirmed that [redacted] was not in the apartment and left the location. Read report for details.