Complaint #202101477,
March 4, 2021

Summary

At approximately 11:10 AM on March 4, 2021, [redacted] called 911 and reported that her husband, [redacted] had attacked her. Officers from the 120th Precinct responded to [redacted]s home, located at [redacted] in Staten Island, and spoke with her in the hallway just outside her apartment door. PO Brandon Schneider, PO Andrew Collette, PO Joseph Innocente, and PO Eric Johnson arrived first along with EMTs and spoke to [redacted] about the reported attack. Backing units, including PO Cory Pilzer, PO Sasha George, Sgt. Thomas Garguilo, and Lt. Matthew Harrison, arrived soon after.
[redacted] refused medical attention or to fill out a domestic incident report (DIR). PO Schneider, PO Collette, PO Innocente, and PO Johnson let [redacted] go into her apartment and close the door under the presumption that she was solely an uncooperative criminal victim. Nearly simultaneously, however, PO Pilzer determined that [redacted] was a wanted suspect with outstanding probable cause I Cards stemming from previous incidents. [redacted] entered her apartment and closed the door before PO Pilzer spoke to her or his fellow officers about the I Cards.
After learning of [redacted]s I Cards from PO Pilzer, Lt. Harrison told his subordinate officers that [redacted] was a wanted suspect, and officers began knocking on [redacted]s door and ordering her to come outside. With Lt. Harrison standing a few feet away, Sgt. Garguilo repeatedly threatened to break [redacted]s door down if she did not open it (Allegation A: Abuse of Authority: Threat to damage property: [redacted] Allegation B: Abuse of Authority: Threat to damage property: [redacted] eventually opened her door and officers pushed inside (Allegation C: Abuse of Authority: Entry of premise: [redacted] Allegation D: Abuse of Authority: Entry of premise: [redacted] Over the course of their banging on the door and rapidly entering the apartment, officers allegedly damaged [redacted]s door and entryway (Allegation E: Abuse of Authority: Property damaged: [redacted] Allegation F:... Read report for details.