Complaint #202100183,
December 3, 2020

Summary

On December 3, 2020, at approximately 7:24 PM, Police Officer William Corchado, Police Officer Peter Acevedo, Police Officer Miguel Perea, Police Officer Freddy Difo and now-resigned Police Officer Christian Rodriguez, all of PSA 8 at the time of the incident, pulled [redacted] over while he and three other male individuals were driving on Castle Hill Avenue and Randall Avenue in the Bronx for excessively dark tints (Allegations A – D: Abuse of Authority, [redacted] & Allegation E: Abuse of Authority, Miscellaneous - [redacted]). PO Corchado allegedly gave [redacted] the option of getting a summons for the tints or letting the officers search the vehicle (Allegation F: Abuse of Authority, [redacted]). PO Corchado smelled marijuana coming from inside the vehicle and asked [redacted] to step out, frisked, and searched him (Allegations G & H: Abuse of Authority, [redacted]). The individual behind [redacted] who remains unidentified, admitted to having marijuana and PO Corchado frisked and searched him as well (Allegations I & J: Abuse of Authority, [redacted]). PO Difo also frisked two other unidentified passengers, searching one of them (Allegations K & L: Abuse of Authority, [redacted]).
As the four individuals waited at the rear of the vehicle with the other officers as instructed, PO Corchado and PO Difo searched [redacted]'s car but did not recover anything illegal (Allegations M & N: Abuse of Authority, [redacted]). At one point, PO Difo told PO Acevedo to frisk [redacted] again and he did (Allegation O: Abuse of Authority, [redacted]). PO Acevedo also told one of the individuals that providing a false name is a criminal charge (Allegation P: Abuse of Authority, [redacted]).
After the vehicle search, the officers used their discretion and let [redacted] and the other individuals leave without further law enforcement action. These officers did not offer any business cards to any civilian before leaving (Allegations Q -V: Abuse of Authority, [redacted] & Allegation W: Abuse of... Read report for details.