Complaint #202003482,
May 19, 2020

Summary

On May 19, 2020, at approximately 11:45 a.m., PO Lindsay Agard and Det. Paul Rivera, both from the 13th Precinct Detective Squad attempted to enter [redacted] apartment at [redacted] in Manhattan to arrest her for petit larceny. [redacted] did not allow the officers in and called 9-1-1 because she believed that they were burglars. PO Michael Cangelosi, of the 13th Precinct, arrived by himself shortly after and assisted PO Agard and Det. Rivera with entering the apartment (Allegations A – C: Abuse of Authority, [redacted]). Once inside of the apartment, the officers pushed [redacted] on to the couch (Allegations D - F: Force, [redacted]). Soon after, Lt. Dixun Su, PO Ashley Chow, PO Matthew Pagano, PO Sage Sierra, and PO Nikoy Wallace, all from the 13th Precinct, entered the apartment under Lt. Su's supervision (Allegation G, Abuse of Authority; [redacted]). Lt. Su and PO Cangelosi searched the apartment to see if anyone else was inside (Allegation H and I: Abuse of Authority; [redacted]). PO Agard pushed [redacted] onto the couch to get her to sit down (subsumed under Allegation F). PO Agard searched [redacted] coat and pocketbook to retrieve her identification (Allegation J: Abuse of Authority; [redacted]). PO Agard, PO Cangelosi, and PO Chow pulled [redacted] out of the apartment by her arms when she would not leave the apartment on her own (Allegations K - M: Force; [redacted]). The officers brought [redacted] back to the 13th Precinct stationhouse where they charged her with petit larceny. The charges were later dropped.
Det. Rivera provided a false official statement to the CCRB on March 9, 2021 (Allegation N: Untruthful Statement; [redacted]). Read report for details.