Complaint #201701267,
February 10, 2017

Summary

On February 10, 2017, at approximately 10:00 p.m. PO Taralena Gerrato and PO Gloria Cevallos, both of the 47th Precinct, responded to a call of an infant who had trouble breathing on the [redacted] floor of [redacted] in the Bronx. While they were addressing that call with EMT [redacted] and EMT [redacted], EMT [redacted] and EMT [redacted], PO Gerrato and PO Cevallos were called to the fourth floor by a resident of the building, who stated that there were people fighting there.
When PO Gerrato and PO Cevallos arrived on the [redacted] floor of the building, they saw at least two male individuals engaged in a dispute on the floor. Also present on the floor were [redacted] and her sister [redacted]. PO Gerrato called for an additional unit to assist with the situation on the fourth floor. Over 30 additional officers arrived, including PO Nestor Allende, PO Manuel Paulino, PO Michael Coiro, PO Brian Hanlon, PO Yoryi Santana and Sgt. Robert Durst, all of the 47th Precinct.
Sgt. Durst discussed what occurred with PO Gerrato. PO Gerrato told him that [redacted] had attacked her, and Sgt. Durst made the decision at that point to place her under arrest. He moved in to place [redacted] in handcuffs, as did his partner PO Hanlon, PO Allende, PO Coiro, and PO Paulino. When they did so, [redacted] stated several times that she was pregnant.
Approximately 25 seconds after initiating physical contact with [redacted], Sgt. Durst discharged a Taser once into her side (Allegation A: Force- Substantiated). As [redacted] was being taken into custody, her neighbors [redacted] and [redacted] were allegedly recording the incident on their cell phones. Neighbor [redacted] was also present.
Shortly after the Taser was discharged into [redacted]'s side, Lt. Anand Bhoj and PO Nicholas Jusino, both of the 47th Precinct, arrived on scene. PO Jusino and PO Santana then shined their flashlights into [redacted]'s cell phone, interfering with the recording (Allegations B and C: Abuse of Authority- [redacted]) and allegedly shined their... Read report for details.