| Officer: | Charles, Richard |
|---|---|
| Complainant: | White Male, 21 |
| Allegation: | Abuse of Authority: Stop |
| CCRB Conclusion: | Unsubstantiated |
| Officer: | Unknown Officer |
| Complainant: | White Male, 21-24 |
| Allegation: | Abuse of Authority: Search (of person) |
| CCRB Conclusion: | Officer(s) Unidentified |
| Officer: | Charles, Richard |
| Complainant: | White Male, 21 |
| Allegation: | Abuse of Authority: Vehicle search |
| CCRB Conclusion: | Unsubstantiated |
| Officer: | Charles, Richard |
| Complainant: | White Male, 21 |
| Allegation: | Force: Physical force |
| CCRB Conclusion: | Exonerated |
| Officer: | Johnston, Michael |
| Complainant: | White Male, 21 |
| Allegation: | Abuse of Authority: Question |
| CCRB Conclusion: | Unsubstantiated |
| Officer: | Johnston, Michael |
| Complainant: | White Male, 21 |
| Allegation: | Abuse of Authority: Stop |
| CCRB Conclusion: | Unsubstantiated |
| Officer: | Johnston, Michael |
| Complainant: | White Male, 21 |
| Allegation: | Abuse of Authority: Vehicle search |
| CCRB Conclusion: | Unsubstantiated |
| Officer: | Johnston, Michael |
| Complainant: | White Male, 21 |
| Allegation: | Force: Physical force |
| CCRB Conclusion: | Exonerated |
| Officer: | Edwards, Joel |
| Complainant: | White Male, 21 |
| Allegation: | Abuse of Authority: Vehicle search |
| CCRB Conclusion: | Unsubstantiated |
| Officer: | Thomas, Curt |
| Complainant: | White Male, 21 |
| Allegation: | Abuse of Authority: Vehicle search |
| CCRB Conclusion: | Unsubstantiated |
| Officer: | Costello, Wayne |
| Complainant: | White Male, 21 |
| Allegation: | Abuse of Authority: Vehicle search |
| CCRB Conclusion: | Unsubstantiated |
| Officer: | Charles, Richard |
| Complainant: | White Male, 21 |
| Allegation: | Abuse of Authority: Failure to provide RTKA card |
| CCRB Conclusion: | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) |
| Officer: | Edwards, Joel |
| Complainant: | White Male, 21 |
| Allegation: | Abuse of Authority: Failure to provide RTKA card |
| CCRB Conclusion: | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) |
| Officer: | Johnston, Michael |
| Complainant: | White Male, 21 |
| Allegation: | Abuse of Authority: Failure to provide RTKA card |
| CCRB Conclusion: | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) |
| Officer: | Thomas, Curt |
| Complainant: | White Male, 21 |
| Allegation: | Abuse of Authority: Failure to provide RTKA card |
| CCRB Conclusion: | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) |
| Officer: | Costello, Wayne |
| Complainant: | White Male, 21 |
| Allegation: | Abuse of Authority: Failure to provide RTKA card |
| CCRB Conclusion: | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) |
| Officer | Complainant | Allegation | CCRB Conclusion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charles, Richard | White Male, 21 | Abuse of Authority: Stop | Unsubstantiated |
| Unknown Officer | White Male, 21-24 | Abuse of Authority: Search (of person) | Officer(s) Unidentified |
| Charles, Richard | White Male, 21 | Abuse of Authority: Vehicle search | Unsubstantiated |
| Charles, Richard | White Male, 21 | Force: Physical force | Exonerated |
| Johnston, Michael | White Male, 21 | Abuse of Authority: Question | Unsubstantiated |
| Johnston, Michael | White Male, 21 | Abuse of Authority: Stop | Unsubstantiated |
| Johnston, Michael | White Male, 21 | Abuse of Authority: Vehicle search | Unsubstantiated |
| Johnston, Michael | White Male, 21 | Force: Physical force | Exonerated |
| Edwards, Joel | White Male, 21 | Abuse of Authority: Vehicle search | Unsubstantiated |
| Thomas, Curt | White Male, 21 | Abuse of Authority: Vehicle search | Unsubstantiated |
| Costello, Wayne | White Male, 21 | Abuse of Authority: Vehicle search | Unsubstantiated |
| Charles, Richard | White Male, 21 | Abuse of Authority: Failure to provide RTKA card | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) |
| Edwards, Joel | White Male, 21 | Abuse of Authority: Failure to provide RTKA card | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) |
| Johnston, Michael | White Male, 21 | Abuse of Authority: Failure to provide RTKA card | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) |
| Thomas, Curt | White Male, 21 | Abuse of Authority: Failure to provide RTKA card | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) |
| Costello, Wayne | White Male, 21 | Abuse of Authority: Failure to provide RTKA card | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) |
Further details on conclusions.
On March 29, 2019, at approximately 3:40 p.m., Sergeant Joel Edwards, Det. Michael Johnston, Detective Richard Charles, Detective Wayne Costello, Det. Kaisser Surriga, Det. Thomas, and several other detectives from Narcotics Borough Queens North conducted buy-and-bust operations at the McDonald's parking lot located at [redacted] in Queens. Det. Johnston and Det. Charles stopped [redacted] while he was sitting in his parked vehicle within the parking lot (Allegations A and B: Abuse of Authority, [redacted]). Det. Johnston and Det. Charles pulled [redacted] out of the vehicle and brought him down to the ground (Allegations C and D: Force, [redacted]). An unidentified officer searched [redacted] (Allegation E: Abuse of Authority, [redacted]). Det. Johnston, Det. Charles, Sgt. Edwards, Det. Wayne Costello, and Det. Curt Thomas searched [redacted]'s vehicle (Allegations F – J: Abuse of Authority, [redacted]). Det. Johnston questioned [redacted] (Allegation K: Abuse of Authority, [redacted]). Det. Johnston, Det. Charles, Sgt. Edwards, Det. Costello, and Det. Thomas did not provide their business cards to [redacted] (Allegations L, M, N, O and P: Abuse of authority, [redacted]). [redacted] was not arrested or summonsed as a result of this incident.
The investigation obtained surveillance footage from the McDonald's parking lot, which is location in and can be viewed from Investigative Action #22.
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