Complaint #201905214,
June 15, 2019

Summary

At approximately 1:45 a.m. on June 15, 2019, Sergeant Jose Perez, Police Officer Anthony Presto and Police Officer Jose Tavarez of the Patrol Borough Manhattan North Auto Larceny Unit pulled [redacted] over at 401 West 207th Street in Manhattan (Allegation A: Abuse of Authority – Vehicle stop, unsubstantiated). The officers requested an additional unit to assist them. Sergeant Christian Flores, Police Officer Gerardo Urbaez and Police Officer Steven Moran, also of the Auto Larceny Unit, responded to the location.
The officers asked the civilians to exit the vehicle one at a time, starting with [redacted] Police Officer Tavarez frisked [redacted] when he exited (Allegations B and C: Abuse of Authority Frisk, [redacted] 1). He allegedly searched [redacted] as well (Allegations D and E: Abuse of Authority - Search, [redacted] started to record the officers using his cell phone. Sergeant Flores allegedly told [redacted] that he was not allowed to record the incident (Allegation F: Abuse of Authority – Interference with recording device, [redacted] were asked out of the vehicle. Police Officer Moran frisked [redacted] and Police Officer Urbaez frisked [redacted] (Allegations G-J: Abuse of Authority - Frisk, [redacted]). Police Officer Urbaez also allegedly frisked [redacted] (Allegations K and L: Abuse of Authority - Search, [redacted]).
Once the civilians exited the vehicle, the officers searched its interior (Allegation M: Abuse of Authority – Vehicle search, [redacted]). While they were doing so, Sergeant Flores told [redacted] that he would seize his phone because it contained evidence of a crime (Allegation N: Abuse of Authority – Seizure of property, [redacted] 1). He allegedly called [redacted] "dumb fuck," and Police Officer Urbaez allegedly called him a "smartass" (Allegations O and P: Discourtesy - Word, [redacted] 1). Later, the officers learned that [redacted] had an open bench warrant. The officers took him into custody. [redacted] were released. Neither was arrested or issued a summons. The officers... Read report for details.