Complaint #202002799,
April 10, 2020

Summary

On April 10, 2020, at approximately 11:00 p.m., [redacted] was driving in the vicinity of Ralph Avenue and Saint Johns Place in Brooklyn with his girlfriend, [redacted] when he was stopped by three officers, Lt. Alexander Bobo, PO Daniel Twohig, and PO Brian Mahon, who were all assigned to the 73rd Precinct (Allegation A and B: Abuse of Authority; [redacted]). During the search, the officers removed [redacted] and [redacted] from the vehicle and PO Mahon and PO Jasmine Wright searched [redacted] and their vehicle (Allegations C through E: Abuse of Authority; [redacted] and [redacted] were then transported to the 73rd Precinct stationhouse. At the stationhouse, [redacted] was lodged in the holding cell by PO Twohig, PO Keith Stark, and PO Richard Catapano. During the processing, PO Catapano made discourteous and offensive remarks to [redacted] (Allegations F and G: Offensive Language and Discourtesy; [redacted]). At one point, [redacted] stripped, exposing himself to the officers, to which PO Stark remarked, "No one asked to see your dick" (Allegation H: Discourtesy; [redacted]). PO Twohig also commented, "You really look homeless" to [redacted] (Allegation I: Offensive Language; [redacted]). During the processing, Lt. Bobo and Sgt. Steven Franzel entered the holding cell with their tasers drawn (Allegations J and K: Abuse of Authority; [redacted]). An officer also allegedly referred to [redacted] as a faggot and told him he had a "small dick" (Allegations L and M: Offensive Language; [redacted]). It was determined that during his CCRB interview, PO Stark made an inaccurate statement to the investigation (Allegation N: Untruthful Statement: [redacted]). Read report for details.